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1. Andor (2022– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Prequel series to Star Wars' 'Rogue One'. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.
Stars: Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O'Reilly
Votes: 165,292
2. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 296,761 | Gross: $102.83M
3. Whitstable Pearl (2021– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Local restaurant owner Pearl Nolan sets up a local detective agency after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She is soon embroiled in her first case when she discovers the body of her close friend Vinnie.
Stars: Howard Charles, Frances Barber, Isobelle Molloy, Sophia Del Pizzo
Votes: 3,457
4. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe
Votes: 14,370
5. 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: 212,385 | Gross: $14.38M
6. The Illusionist (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 389,743 | Gross: $39.87M
7. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for a vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang
Votes: 239,168 | Gross: $226.16M
8. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 137,940 | Gross: $8.18M
9. From Hell (2001)
R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 164,264 | Gross: $31.60M
10. Crooked House (2017)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 27,556
11. Peeping Tom (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Votes: 39,291 | Gross: $0.08M
12. Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.
Stars: William Simons, Patrick Malahide, Belinda Lang, Tim Dutton
Votes: 754
13. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson
Votes: 693
14. Derrick (1974–1998)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant, Inspector Harry Klein, solve murder cases in Munich and surrounding areas.
Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Holger Petzold
Votes: 1,844
15. 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: 9,440
16. Man of Tai Chi (2013)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama
A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club.
Director: Keanu Reeves | Stars: Tiger Hu Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Hai Yu
Votes: 40,977 | Gross: $0.10M
17. Maigret (1992–1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet, he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, James Larkin
Votes: 1,100
18. Blackmail (1929)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
Votes: 11,972
19. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
GP | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick
Votes: 9,157 | Gross: $3.00M
20. Deceptions (1985– )
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.
Stars: Stefanie Powers, Barry Bostwick, Jeremy Brett, James Faulkner
Votes: 617
21. Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray
Votes: 1,543
22. The Saint's Girl Friday (1953)
73 min | Crime, Mystery
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance, Sydney Tafler, Charles Victor
Votes: 250
23. Lisensyadong kamao (2005)
Action, Comedy, Sport
Director: Tony Bernal | Stars: Manny Pacquiao, Aubrey Miles, Eddie Garcia, Juliana Palermo
Votes: 16
24. Main Street After Dark (1945)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous woman and her brood prey on soldiers and sailors in an embarkation city.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter
Votes: 379
25. Serena (1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.
Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Patrick Holt, Emrys Jones, Honor Blackman, Bruce Beeby
Votes: 229
26. Alibi Racket (1935)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Crime, Drama
How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Granville Bates, Al Bridge, Eddie Dunn, Irene Hervey
Votes: 134
27. Vivancos 3 (2002)
89 min | Comedy, Thriller
Police inspector Vivancos is assigned to look into a double homicide and quickly discovers the two deceased to be fellow policemen.
Director: Albert Saguer | Stars: El Gran Wyoming, Anna Galiena, Juan Luis Galiardo, Santi Millán
Votes: 325
28.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
Death at the Bar
(1993)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a display of dart throwing in a Cornish pub a man's hand is impaled by a dart, and he dies shortly afterward from cyanide although no one can explain how.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Alan Gilchrist, Paul Brooke, Paul Bigley, Kevin McNally
Votes: 133
29.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
The German Woman
(2002)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The German wife of a rich and influential aristocrat exempted from wartime internment is found decapitated in the midst of anti-German feeling.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: David Horovitch, Elizabeth Bell, Robert Pickavance, Neil Conrich
Votes: 1,128
30.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
A Man Lay Dead
(1993)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alleyn cancels his holiday with Troy to investigate a murder connected to a stolen chalice, but he's called when a second murder occurs at uncle's estate.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Martin Carroll, Michael Feast, Robert Reynolds, Matthew Lloyd Davies
Votes: 173
31.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
Dead Water
(1994)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alleyn's old French teacher, the landlord of an idyllic Scottish island is receiving death threats because she's blocking its development as a health spa.
Director: John Woods | Stars: Ewen Bremner, Jane Lapotaire, Eleanor David, Margaret Tyzack
Votes: 123
32.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
Final Curtain
(1993)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An egotistical Shakespearean ham actor gathers his dysfunctional extended family in his mansion on his 75th birthday for the reading of his will.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Michael Elwyn, David Cary, Belinda Lang
Votes: 140
33.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
Scales of Justice
(1994)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The publication of a war hero's memoirs and his dispute with a neighboring fisherman about poaching leads to a murder.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Christopher Northey, Denis Lill, Frederick Treves, Will Keen
Votes: 102
34.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
The Nursing Home Murder
(1993)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A member of Parliament who has taken controversial stands on Palestine and A-bomb development is murdered during a routine appendectomy.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: David Sibley, John Bennett, Ian Abeysekera, Peter Florence
Votes: 142
35.
Father Brown (1974)
Episode:
The Three Tools of Death
(1974)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy Scottish advocate of temperance and atheism is found with a broken neck apparently having fell from an upstairs window on his estate.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Kenneth More, James Hayter, John Flanagan, Anthony Dutton
Votes: 66
36.
Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode:
Time of Need
(1999)
TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new government minister is charged by a young felon with having molested him while he was in her care over a decade before.
Director: David Thacker | Stars: John Thaw, Anne Carroll, Martin Chamberlain, Kenneth Cope
Votes: 78
37.
Mrs. Columbo (1979–1980)
Episode:
Murder Is a Parlor Game
(1979)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retired Scotland Yard homicide inspector and author of a best seller on perfect murders is forced to kill in self-defense.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Henry Jones, Lili Haydn, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 103
38.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
A Matter of Perspective
(1990)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The widow of respected scientist Dr. Nel Apgar accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband. Rather than turn Riker over for unfavorable trial, the Enterprise reconstructs the facts.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,336
39.
Small Axe (2020)
Episode:
Red, White and Blue
(2020)
TV-MA | 80 min | Drama, History
Spotlights the true story of Leroy Logan, who at a young age saw his father assaulted by two policemen, motivating him to join the Metropolitan Police and change their racist attitudes from within.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Neal Barry, Jack Bence, Stephen Boxer, John Boyega
Votes: 3,345
40.
Andor (2022– )
Episode:
Aldhani
(2022)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Out of options, Cassian is recruited for a dangerous mission to infiltrate an Imperial garrison.
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Denise Gough, Anton Lesser
Votes: 12,832
41.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Simisola: Part Three
(1996)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With his best witness still comatose, Wexford deduces the unidentified dead girl was an abused servant, so he seeks the truth in the homes of the well-to-do.
Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jane Lapotaire, Michael Cochrane
Votes: 54
42.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
Madrigal
(2012)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.
Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 28,300
43.
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1988)
TV-PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 176
44.
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1988)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 159
45.
Maigret (2016–2017)
Episode:
Maigret Sets a Trap
(2016)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret hunts for a serial killer.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Leo Staar, Shaun Dingwall, Alexander Campbell
Votes: 9,574
46.
Criminals: Caught on Camera (2013–2015)
Episode:
Car Thieves & Thugs
(2014)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
In one year alone, more than a million crimes were committed on London area roads. Fortunately, CCTV cameras help bring those responsible to justice.
Stars: Nick Wallis, Stewart Bell, Tracey Bishop, David Cookson
Votes: 10
47.
Andor (2022– )
Episode:
Kassa
(2022)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Cassian Andor's reckless search for answers about his past makes him a wanted man.
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Diego Luna, Tim Faraday, Caroline Green, Lee Boardman
Votes: 15,135