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

1. Animal (I) (2023)

Not Rated | 204 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The hardened son of a powerful industrialist returns home after years abroad and vows to take bloody revenge on those threatening his father's life.

Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna

Votes: 89,610

2. The Nice Guys (2016)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

Director: Shane Black | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer

Votes: 373,902 | Gross: $36.26M

3. Stay Close (2021)

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

The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past.

Stars: Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage, Sarah Parish

Votes: 37,605

4. The Blackcoat's Daughter (I) (2015)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break.

Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar

Votes: 26,043 | Gross: $0.02M

5. Candyman (1992)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons

Votes: 100,210 | Gross: $25.79M

6. Foxy Brown (1974)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter

Votes: 12,052 | Gross: $2.46M

7. The Dentist (1996)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

An extremely successful dentist goes off the deep end after he catches his wife cheating on him.

Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman, Michael Stadvec, Ken Foree

Votes: 10,514

8. No Mercy (1986)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza

Votes: 8,484 | Gross: $12.30M

9. The Flock (2007)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.

Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Richard Gere, Claire Danes, KaDee Strickland, Ray Wise

Votes: 12,262

10. She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)

Unrated | 80 min | Horror

After a doctor commits suicide when his research into human embryos is terminated, his widow seduces and then executes revenge upon those she holds responsible.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Paul Muller, Howard Vernon

Votes: 2,027

11. The Dentist 2 (1998)

R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller

Dr. Caine, the murdering dentist from the original movie, has escaped from the mental hospital where he has been since being caught. Hoping to resume a normal life, he makes his way to a ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jillian McWhirter, Jeff Doucette, Susanne Wright

Votes: 4,339

12. Sex & Fury (1973)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

During the Meiji era, a gambler called Ocho takes revenge on three gangsters who killed her father, shelters a wanted anarchist and confronts a British spy.

Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Reiko Ike, Akemi Negishi, Ryôko Ema, Yôko Hori

Votes: 3,439

13. Chill Factor (1999)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A new biological chemical weapon that explodes up to temperatures over fifty degrees Fahrenheit, falls into the hands of two men who try to make sure that it doesn't get stolen by a terrorist.

Director: Hugh Johnson | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer

Votes: 10,104 | Gross: $11.23M

14. Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014 Video)

PG-13 | 83 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Punisher and Black Widow are sent on a mission to stop Leviathan, a global terrorist organization that plans to sell stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology to the highest bidder.

Director: Ken'ichi Shimizu | Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Brian Bloom, John Eric Bentley, Grant George

Votes: 4,621

15. Death Drop Gorgeous (2020)

104 min | Comedy, Horror

A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen try to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood.

Directors: Michael J. Ahern, Christopher Dalpe, Brandon Perras-Sanchez | Stars: Michael McAdam, Wayne Gonsalves, Christopher Dalpe, Brandon Perras-Sanchez

Votes: 330

16. Jiggery Pokery (1994 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Musical

The story begins at the stage door after a performance. A cabaret somewhere presenting songs from Dietrich to pop performed by various artists.

Director: Sophie Muller | Stars: Antony Harwood, Siobhan Fahey, Jaye Davidson, Ute Lemper

Votes: 48

17. Le secret de la grotte (2023 TV Movie)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A well-known local resident is found murdered, killed by a piece of stone chiselled over 40,000 years ago. Leading the case, Riad Lekcir has to work with his opposite number from the ... See full summary »

Director: Christelle Raynal | Stars: Élodie Varlet, Samy Gharbi, Anne Girouard, Nicolas de Broglie

Votes: 38

18. Rucker (2022)

96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A trucker attempts to reconnect with his family by killing women who remind him of his ex-wife.

Director: Amy Hesketh | Stars: Bobby C. King, Cheyenna Lee, Corey Taylor, Chloe Jacobson

Votes: 354

19. Elf-Man (2011)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.

Director: Ethan Wiley | Stars: Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Jeffrey Combs, Mackenzie Astin, Mirelly Taylor

Votes: 780

20. The Kill (1968)

45 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A hot young vixen is kidnapped and raped by a dangerous gang of heroin smugglers, who rape and kill anyone who gets in their way. Then a tough private detective is hired to track down the bastards.

Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Antoinette Maynard, Walt Phillips, Sharon Wells, Natasha

Votes: 80

21. Jean Claude Van Damme's Damn Van (2014)

35 min | Short, Action, Comedy

Martial artist and flower deliveryman Kurt, his tough timecop sister, who's being chased by a cyborg, and their badass dad, retired Colonel Luc Sloane, must stop the evil mayor of Paradise City and his murderous henchmen.

Director: Bradley Haag | Stars: Adam Smith, Risa Scott, Cougar Littlefield, Ryan Carroll

Votes: 16

22. Christmas Spirits (1981 TV Movie)

45 min | Horror

Julia, a Hollywood property scout, is looking for a house to star in a horror movie, she finds more than she bargained for at Glebes Hall.

Director: June Wyndham-Davies | Stars: Elaine Stritch, Stephanie Cole, Norma West, Ben Aris

Votes: 45

23. Runaway American Dream (2015)

Drama

an American Drama about one young man's attempt (Anthony) to break free from a future working for the mob, his family's business, and chase after his dream of becoming an actor. Soon he ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph A. Eulo | Stars: Gregory Adair, Tom Bentey, Alyssa Chiarelli, Katherine Cifuentes

24. Fastlane (2002–2003)
Episode: Mighty Blue (2002)

Not Rated | 44 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A friend of Billies joins the team for an undercover drugs sting in hopes of apprehending a Triad gang leader, but after the gangster escapes custody and tragedy strikes the team, Van and Deaq must attempt to apprehend the fugitive.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen, Catherine Kwong

Votes: 62

25. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Young conspiracy theorist Kevin tries to convince his cool skeptical friend Tommy that an old-timey local barbershop is run by vampires in disguise.

Director: John Strysik | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Matt LeBlanc, John O'Leary, Al Mancini

Votes: 109

26. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: Death on a Barge (1973)

TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A lonely woman named Hyacinth lives on a barge anchored in a canal, is marooned by her fear of crossing running water, and sleeps during the day - in a coffin. She and a local boy fall in love.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Rod Serling, Lesley Ann Warren, Lou Antonio, Brooke Bundy

Votes: 252

27. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Beyond the Veil (1996)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After memories of an alien abduction, Eddie Wexler finds himself at an institute where the staff makes patients with similar memories relive their experiences. Are the patients paranoid, or is the institute infiltrated by aliens?

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Finn Carter, Nathaniel DeVeaux, Alex Diakun

Votes: 330

28. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Bad Dreams (1998)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A hospital patient keeps having the same nightmare. In it, a masked man is trying to kill her with a blade and whenever he harms her in the dream, wounds appear on her body in reality. Lindsay becomes obsessed with the case.

Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 19

29. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.1 (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate if the 15-year-old boy convicted of murdering the landlady of the local inn in the sleepy Oxfordshire hamlet of Gallowstree Green in 1921 was truly guilty.

Directors: James Brailsford, Simon Cooper | Stars: Tony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass, David Radford

30. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres en Pays Cathare (2020)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During the opening of an exhibition on the Inquisition in a famous Cathar castle, the mutilated corpse of a young woman is discovered in a torture cage. Victor, a young man with Down syndrome, is the prime suspect.

Director: Stéphanie Murat | Stars: Élodie Fontan, Salim Kechiouche, Florence Loiret Caille, Samuel Allain-Abitbol

Votes: 96

31. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Pont-Aven (2021)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The corpse of Mr. Antoine Noiret, a famous oncologist, has been found in the Pond of the Devil in the forest of Chanteloube. He received a hit in the head and somebody cut his throat. ... See full summary »

Director: Floriane Crépin | Stars: Aurélien Wiik, Fauve Hautot, David Mora, Boris Terral

Votes: 83

32. Close Calls: On Camera (2014– )
Episode: Episode #8.19 (2020)

29 min | Drama, Reality-TV

Neighbours phone for an ambulance when a young mother runs into the street in a panic. Her baby has cut his throat on a glass. A woman is knocked over and trampled by the horses she is feeding when they are spooked by a dog.

Directors: Paul Andrews, Elliot Carr-Barnsley, Andy Miles, Carol White | Star: Nick Knowles

33. Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode: Bad Dreams (2009)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

FBI agent Dunham believes that she is killing random people in her dreams.

Director: Akiva Goldsman | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo

Votes: 2,578

34. Wallander (2005–2013)
Episode: Arvet (2010)

TV-MA | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the wealthy owner of a successful cider business is found brutally murdered, Wallander suspects that the killer is to be found within the company.

Director: Mikael Marcimain | Stars: Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Sverrir Gudnason, Nina Zanjani

Votes: 622

35. The Closer (2005–2012)
Episode: Living Proof: Part One (2010)

Not Rated | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An apparent Albanian blood feud puts the kibosh on everyone's Christmas getaway plans, all but for Brenda, whose parents have come to announce that they're moving to Los Angeles.

Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett

Votes: 309

36. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: Stray Dogs (2012)

TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, History

Cesare learns that Ursula and others at the convent have been slaughtered by the French, and he plans revenge as the Pope organizes a coalition to attack the retreating French.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley

Votes: 551

37. The Secret Circle (2011–2012)
Episode: Witness (2012)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Jake returns for a trip down memory lane with Cassie - his memories - to see what events took place during a famously tragic town fire.

Director: Eagle Egilsson | Stars: Britt Robertson, Thomas Dekker, Gale Harold, Phoebe Tonkin

Votes: 416

38. Endeavour (2012–2023)
Episode: Nocturne (2014)

TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls.

Director: Giuseppe Capotondi | Stars: Jack Laskey, Shaun Evans, Susy Kane, Imogen Gurney

Votes: 1,437

39. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Cary Stayner: The Yosemite Park Slayer (2013)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

Two women and two teen girls died within Yosemite National Park, California, murdered at the hands of a maintenance man acting on homicidal fantasies he held onto as a child.

Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Joie Ruth Armstrong, Leslie Armstrong-Johnson, Jill Ballinger

Votes: 17

40. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: The Lions of Nemea: Part 1 (2014)

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

After Lewis returns to his old job, he, Hathaway and DS Maddox are swept up in another murder investigation when an American classics student is killed.

Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: John Light, Sian Brooke, Wesley Smith, Clive Merrison

Votes: 506

41. Bitten (2014–2016)
Episode: Bad Dreams (2015)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

When the new Spanish Alpha tries to blackmail Jeremy into murdering the Russian Alpha, the Pack has things under control until a surprise visit from Savannah upends their plans. Nick and Paige try to secretly meet Nick's mother.

Director: J.B. Sugar | Stars: Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Steve Lund

Votes: 208

42. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres au Mont Ventoux (2015)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alexia goes back to her hometown for her uncle's funeral. Suspicion arises upon her return. Twenty-five years ago, Alexia rejected a local legend that said an evil dragon hid in the area. ... See full summary »

Director: Thierry Peythieu | Stars: Ingrid Chauvin, Thomas Jouannet, Yannick Soulier, Isabelle Spade

Votes: 61

43. Les Saisons meurtrières (2011–2017)
Episode: Jaune Iris (2015)

91 min | Crime

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Director: Didier Bivel | Stars: Patrick Chesnais, Camille Panonacle, Natacha Régnier, Catherine Marchal

Votes: 86

44. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Murder in the Auvergne Mountains (2017)

TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In a French thermal town, a man is found poisoned. His ex-girlfriend is arrested for the murder but her estranged cop daughter tries to prove her innocence which leads her much further than she could have ever imagined.

Director: Bruno Bontzolakis | Stars: Julie De Bona, Marthe Keller, Joakim Latzko, Jacques Bonnaffé

Votes: 100

45. Kidding (2018–2020)
Episode: LT. Pickles (2018)

TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Jeff wonders if he's having a breakdown or a breakthrough. Will gets into trouble at school. Scott confronts Deirdre about her feelings for Mr. Pickles-San. Seb decides to make a last-minute change to Pickles on Ice while Jeff is away.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Judy Greer, Cole Allen

Votes: 729

46. In Search of History (1996– )
Episode: Meriwether Lewis: Suicide or Murder?

43 min | Documentary, History

What happened to the legendary American explorer and first governor of Upper Louisiana, Meriwether Lewis, who supposedly shot himself in 1809? Was it an actual suicide, a possible robbery gone wrong or a full blown murder conspiracy?

Director: Gary Foreman | Stars: John D.W. Guice, Gary E. Moulton, James E. Starrs, A. Katharine Anderson