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

1. The Name of the Rose (1986)

R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin

Votes: 117,292 | Gross: $7.15M

2. Madame Bovary (1949)

Passed | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan

Votes: 2,911

3. Out of Africa (1985)

PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen

Votes: 86,383 | Gross: $87.10M

4. SLC Punk! (1998)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In the early 1980s Stevo, and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conservative Salt Lake City.

Director: James Merendino | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 32,818 | Gross: $0.30M

5. The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.

Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Votes: 109,948 | Gross: $27.37M

6. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they've been hiding.

Director: Stacie Passon | Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 9,544 | Gross: $7.67M

7. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson

Votes: 74,985

8. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price

Votes: 14,784

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: 9,441

10. Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Miss Marple is invited to the manor house of an old friend, it is not long before a puzzling murder puts her mind to work.

Director: Norman Stone | Stars: Joan Hickson, Jean Simmons, Joss Ackland, Faith Brook

Votes: 1,862

11. Murder She Said (1961)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.

Director: George Pollock | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 8,571

12. Madame Bovary (1991)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance

In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne

Votes: 4,482 | Gross: $1.94M

13. Dead Ringer (1963)

Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Philip Carey

Votes: 6,438

14. A Kiss Before Dying (1956)

Approved | 94 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward

Votes: 4,325

15. Gemma Bovery (2014)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After moving to the French countryside with her husband, the British beauty Gemma Bovery draws the attention of a local baker who finds in the moving couple a resemblance to the heroes of Madame Bovary.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Isabelle Candelier

Votes: 6,872 | Gross: $0.19M

16. The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Mystery

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Lionel Jeffries

Votes: 2,688

17. Windmills of the Gods (1988)

TV-PG | 187 min | Drama, Thriller

When Mary Ashley is approached to become the U.S. ambassador to Romania, she declines the offer because her husband does not want to leave his medical practice.

Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Robert Wagner, Ian McKellen, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 427

18. Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

5 high school students get Saturday detention. One tries to find her sister's killer. When hit by a computer virus, the school goes on lockdown and the killing continues.

Director: Ben Browder | Stars: Samantha Hanratty, Colby Arps, Sophia Ali, Erika Daly

Votes: 2,351

19. Lick the Star (1998)

14 min | Drama, Short

Kate has been absent from high school for a week due to a broken foot. Upon returning, she learns her clique of girlfriends have devised a new secret plan based around the codename "Lick the Star".

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Christina Turley, Audrey Kelly, Julia Vanderham, Lindsy Drummer

Votes: 2,152

20. The Confessional (1976)

R | 104 min | Horror

The story follows a young woman, who seeks out his church. There, she is manipulated into giving confession to Father Xavier Meldrum. Meldrum uses his status and crazed persistence to work his way into Jenny's life by any means necessary.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley

Votes: 1,240

21. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, History, War

Mysteries involving notable historical events, people and locations are scientifically examined.

Stars: Liev Schreiber, Jay O. Sanders, Salima Ikram, Andrew Lambert

Votes: 652

22. Mademoiselle (1966)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

Residents of a small French town are quick to accuse Manou of arson because he seduced most of the town's women. No one suspects the real culprit, a woman committing random crimes, all in an attempt to draw Manou's attention to herself.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Ettore Manni, Keith Skinner, Umberto Orsini

Votes: 1,631

23. Lord Love a Duck (1966)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies.

Director: George Axelrod | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West

Votes: 1,816

24. ExTerminators (2009)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Three women who meet in an anger-management class decide to form a traditional business with very untraditional methods.

Director: John Inwood | Stars: Heather Graham, Jennifer Coolidge, Matthew Settle, Amber Heard

Votes: 2,690

25. Murder with Mirrors (1985 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

When Carrie Louise Serrocold suspects that someone is trying to poison her, she sends for the one person who might be able to help, her old friend Miss Jane Marple.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills, Leo McKern

Votes: 1,607

26. Thérèse (2012)

110 min | Drama

An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.

Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Catherine Arditi

Votes: 3,899

27. Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)

R | 90 min | Comedy

An ex-pop singer kills her much-hated husband to be with her young lover. Her daughter plots Electra-like revenge.

Director: Mark Rucker | Stars: Charles Busch, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Priestley, Angela Paton

Votes: 2,137

28. Death in Small Doses (1995 TV Movie)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

One night, Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after--poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of ... See full summary »

Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Richard Thomas, Shawn Elliott, Tess Harper, Glynnis O'Connor

Votes: 408

29. GasLand (2010)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary

An exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved.

Director: Josh Fox | Stars: Josh Fox, Dick Cheney, Pete Seeger, Richard Nixon

Votes: 11,105 | Gross: $0.03M

30. Dandelion Dead (1994)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Drama based on the true story of a solicitor who in 1922 found himself at the centre of one of Britain's most notorious murder trials.

Stars: Michael Kitchen, Sarah Miles, David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp

Votes: 375

31. The Man with a Cloak (1951)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.

Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron

Votes: 1,312

32. A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Whitney Cameron suspects his sister-in-law has poisoned his brother and niece, but without proof how does he prevent the murder of his nephew?

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine McLeod

Votes: 1,834

33. Temptress Moon (1996)

R | 130 min | Drama, Romance

Not far from Shanghai, in a country town stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older ... See full summary »

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, Saifei He

Votes: 2,040 | Gross: $1.08M

34. Monsieur N. (2003)

Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

How could Napoleon, the man of war and pioneering military strategist, meekly accept being locked up on a storm-lashed rock in the middle of the Atlantic ocean? What system of defence, and ... See full summary »

Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Richard E. Grant, Jay Rodan, Elsa Zylberstein

Votes: 1,057 | Gross: $0.02M

35. Arsenic & Old Lace (1962 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Beware those two charming, elderly ladies - especially if they offer you a glass of elderberry wine.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Tony Randall, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Stickney, Mildred Natwick

Votes: 208

36. The Ripper (1997 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Thriller

In 1888, in London, a prostitute is slaughtered on the street. The Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Jim Hansen is in charge of the investigation and realizes that the killer is a person with ... See full summary »

Director: Janet Meyers | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Gabrielle Anwar, Samuel West, Michael York

Votes: 638

37. The Watcher in the Attic (1976)

76 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.

Director: Noboru Tanaka | Stars: Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Hiroshi Chô, Kyôichi Mizuki

Votes: 501

38. Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 71 min | Horror, Thriller

An ESP expert uses his powers to try to track down a psychic who uses telepathy to commit murder.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Alex Dreier, Pat Hingle, Louise Latham, Steve Ihnat

Votes: 236

39. The Poisoning Angel (2016)

100 min | Biography, Drama, History

A serial killer strikes fear into the lives of residents of a quiet French community during the early 19th century.

Director: Stéphanie Pillonca | Stars: Déborah François, Benjamin Biolay, Jonathan Zaccaï, Catherine Mouchet

Votes: 228

40. Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home (2013 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

Suzannah Lipscomb takes a tour of the Victorian home and unveils the hidden dangers that posed a deadly threat to Victorian life.

Director: Suzanne Phillips | Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Judith Flanders, Kate Williams, Andy Meharg

Votes: 215

41. Water Wars (2009)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

This timely documentary uncovers critical water issues facing humanity. It takes the viewer from the floods and droughts in Bangladesh, to dam building in India, water management in the ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Burroughs | Stars: Martin Sheen, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Earl Blumenauer, Eelco H. Dykstra

Votes: 50

42. Madame Bovary (1953 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama

An adaptation of one of the great classics of French literature which highlights female sentimental dissatisfaction, telling how the bored and unfulfilled wife of a provincial doctor takes lovers to deceive the mediocrity of her marriage.

Director: Claude Barma | Stars: Luce Feyrer, Yves Vincent, Jacques Clancy, Claude Arlay

43. Uraan (2020)

121 min | Drama

Uraan narrates the story of a simple girl who wants to achieve something big in life. Keen to dedicate herself to the service of the suffering humanity, she plunges into an untold struggle to rid the village of the curse.

Director: Tridib Raman | Stars: Saheb Bhattacharjee, Srabanti Chatterjee, Subrat Dutta

44. The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)

130 min | Drama, Mystery

A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household, and gets entangled in a sinister plot of murder.

Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Shin Saburi, Nobuko Otowa, Mayumi Ogawa, Komaki Kurihara

Votes: 65

45. The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)

99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.

Director: Ho Yim | Stars: Siqin Gaowa, Chung-Hua Tou, Jingwu Ma, Zi Wei

Votes: 260

46. The Napoleon Murder Mystery (2000 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

An historical documentary thriller that explores a Swedish dentist's discovery of what may have actually killed the famed French Emperor using extensive re-creations and modern DNA testing.

Director: Noah Morowitz | Stars: Philippe Bergeron, Herschel Bleefeld, Eugene Buica, Douglass Crawford

Votes: 25

47. Development in Bad Waters (2013)

61 min | Documentary

Many of us still don't know the difference between charity and development. While the total amount of foreign aid to Bangladesh since its independence is nearing $50 billion, the income gap... See full summary »

Director: Crelis Rammelt | Stars: Mazeda Begum, Paul Brown, Fariba Islam, Zahed Masud

Votes: 22

48. L'affaire Marie Besnard (1986)

Drama

In the small town of Louvun, Marie and Léon Besnard live quite comfortably. But on 25 October 1947 Léon passes away. Nobody, including the doctor who issued the burial permit, is doubtful ... See full summary »

Stars: Alice Sapritch, Jacques Alric, Marc Eyraud, Véronique Silver

Votes: 17

49. Sleepless Hollow (1936)

Passed | 16 min | Comedy, Short

A newlywed couple visits the husband's country bumpkin family so his wife can meet the in-laws. She is jealous of the girl he left behind. A bottle of Champagne, a bottle of arsenic, a leaky roof and celery threaten to ruin the honeymoon.

Director: Robert Hall | Stars: Harry Gribbon, George Shelton, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Morrison

Votes: 10

50. Public Opinion (1916)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hazel Gray, a young nurse, is in love with Phillip Carson, son of Mrs. Carson-Morgan, a philanthropist. Phillip, having quarreled with his step-father, leaves home, secures a position, and ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Reicher | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Earle Foxe, Edythe Chapman, Tom Forman