Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "faking-one's-own-death"

1. Mission: Impossible (1996)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny

Votes: 470,315 | Gross: $180.98M

2. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Steve Blum

Votes: 138,876

3. 6 Underground (2019)

R | 128 min | Action, Thriller

Six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do, have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy

Votes: 196,504

4. You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Comedy

An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson

Votes: 214,228 | Gross: $100.02M

5. The A-Team (2010)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.

Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel

Votes: 268,961 | Gross: $77.22M

6. Retribution (I) (2023)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion

Votes: 20,813

7. EastEnders (1985– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.

Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown

Votes: 9,225

8. Thir13en Ghosts (2001)

R | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror

When Cyrus Kriticos, a very rich collector of unique things, dies, he leaves his house, fortune, and his prized collection of ghosts.

Director: Steve Beck | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Shannon Elizabeth, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 93,821 | Gross: $41.87M

9. The Mechanic (2011)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An elite hitman teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn

Votes: 171,668 | Gross: $29.12M

10. Speed Racer (2008)

PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, Nicholas Elia

Votes: 78,436 | Gross: $43.95M

11. Private Lessons (1981)

R | 87 min | Comedy

An immigrant housemaid seduces a 15-year-old boy and later fakes her own death as part of his chauffeur's blackmail plot. Troubles arise when the two start to fall in love.

Directors: Alan Myerson, James Fargo | Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Patrick Piccininni

Votes: 4,264 | Gross: $26.28M

12. Man on the Moon (1999)

R | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker, Greyson Erik Pendry

Votes: 137,485 | Gross: $34.58M

13. Barely Lethal (2015)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Comedy

A teenage special ops agent coveting a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.

Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Jaime King, Samuel L. Jackson, Madeleine Stack, Sophie Turner

Votes: 23,287

14. Hop (2011)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In LA, he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

Director: Tim Hill | Stars: Russell Brand, James Marsden, Elizabeth Perkins, Kaley Cuoco

Votes: 37,311 | Gross: $108.09M

15. Stolen (2012)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston

Votes: 46,437 | Gross: $0.30M

16. Gilda (1946)

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

A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 35,273

17. Alex Cross (2012)

PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled hired killer who specializes in torture and pain.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns

Votes: 35,417 | Gross: $25.89M

18. Reindeer Games (2000)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, James Frain

Votes: 42,397 | Gross: $23.36M

19. I Spy (2002)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A professional athlete has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell

Votes: 53,433 | Gross: $33.56M

20. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)

TV-14 | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Four-part drama based on the extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons.

Stars: Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, Mark Stanley, Dominic Applewhite

Votes: 4,850

21. Cry Wolf (2005)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.

Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Erica Yates

Votes: 28,518 | Gross: $10.05M

22. Terminal Velocity (1994)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Mystery, Romance

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 14,645 | Gross: $16.48M

23. The Parallax View (1974)

R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn

Votes: 21,780 | Gross: $2.15M

24. Baghead (2008)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Four "actors" go to a cabin in the woods for the weekend to write a movie script. They talk about a relationship movie or a paper bag over the head movie. It starts with an anonymous baghead and slowly escalates.

Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass | Stars: Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller

Votes: 5,571 | Gross: $0.14M

25. The Private Eyes (1980)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery

Scotland Yard sends a goofy pair to check on foul play at a mansion outside 1920s London.

Director: Lang Elliott | Stars: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox

Votes: 3,618 | Gross: $18.01M

26. Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010 Video)

R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Hords of insane assassins (2 cute) gather in or near a bar waiting to kill an insignificant FBI pencil pusher at 3AM and collect $3M. He's kept in a safe house/bunker nearby surrounded by FBI agents. Action awaits.

Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Tom Berenger, Clayne Crawford, Tommy Flanagan, Maury Sterling

Votes: 14,300

27. Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)

R | 82 min | Comedy

Hollywood's Pauly Shore loses everything, fakes his own death, and gets caught.

Directors: Adam Freeman, Pauly Shore | Stars: Ashley L. Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Camille Anderson, Beaumont Bacon

Votes: 5,015

28. Woman in Hiding (1950)

Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Ida Lupino, Stephen McNally, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow

Votes: 1,509

29. My Masterpiece (2018)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

Arturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and Renzo his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend. Willing to risk it all, they develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.

Director: Gastón Duprat | Stars: Andrea Acatto, Lucas Aranda, Raúl Arévalo, Mahmoud Azim

Votes: 7,308

30. The Running Man (1963)

Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 1,859

31. A Perfect Man (2015)

104 min | Drama, Thriller

A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.

Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Pierre Niney, Ana Girardot, André Marcon, Valeria Cavalli

Votes: 4,799

32. Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.

Director: Yi'nan Diao | Stars: Fan Liao, Gwei Lun-Mei, Xuebing Wang, Jingchun Wang

Votes: 9,573

33. The Art of Love (1965)

99 min | Comedy

Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson

Votes: 991 | Gross: $7.63M

34. The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)

Unrated | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Woman seeks to avenge her father's death by using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Estella Blain, Mabel Karr, Howard Vernon, Fernando Montes

Votes: 1,190

35. Stranger in My Bed (2005 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

To escape her abusive spouse, Sarah fakes her own death and flees. Seems like a good plan, right? Sadly, it doesn't take her estranged husband long to get wise and hunt her down. This game between them will turn deadly and it looks like only one will survive.

Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Jamie Luner, Chris Kramer, L. Harvey Gold, Ivan Cermak

Votes: 423

36. Trouble in Paradise (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy

Shipwrecked on an island, a woman finds it difficult to deal with an uncouth beachcombing hermit.

Director: Di Drew | Stars: Raquel Welch, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Hammond, John Gregg

Votes: 273

37. Interview with a Hitman (2012)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.

Director: Perry Bhandal | Stars: Luke Goss, Caroline Tillette, Stephen Marcus, Patrick Lyster

Votes: 10,836

38. Katilon Ke Kaatil (1981)

199 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A wealthy woman faces trauma when her husband is killed, and both her young sons abducted. She spends years looking for them, until one day she comes across a young man named Munna, who is ... See full summary »

Directors: Anil Hingorani, Arjun Hingorani | Stars: Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Tina Ambani

Votes: 122

39. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: The Real Story (2022 TV Movie)

46 min | Documentary

Documentary about John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident off the coast of Hartlepool and then started a new life with his wife Anne in Panama.

Director: Nick Mattingly | Stars: John Darwin, Anne Darwin, Greg Albrighton, Jeremy Armstrong

Votes: 72

40. Röd snö (1985)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

November 1942. Young Norwegian Anne Eriksen returns to a small boarding-house in Dalsland, Sweden near the Norwegian border, where she has spent the summers during her childhood. The ... See full summary »

Stars: Kjersti Holmen, Tomas von Brömssen, Ingvor Wennberg, Sven Nordin

Votes: 572

41. Dirty Linen (2023)

TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama

Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.

Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla

Votes: 181

42. The Funny Farm (1983)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Welcome to the comedy club where young comics make every night riot night. Now, they're taking their act to the streets.

Director: Ron Clark | Stars: Miles Chapin, Peter Aykroyd, Howie Mandel, Tracey E. Bregman

Votes: 144

43. Private's Progress (1956)

102 min | Comedy, War

In World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.

Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Ronald Adam, Henry B. Longhurst, Peter Jones

Votes: 903

44. Iznogoud- Caliph Instead of the Caliph (2005)

95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A corrupt Vazeer (Minister) tries to get rid of the Caliph and gets away with every conspiracy until..

Directors: Patrick Braoudé, Steve Carr | Stars: Michaël Youn, Arno Chevrier, Jacques Villeret, Fred Jaspart

Votes: 1,906

45. To Skin a Spy (1966)

93 min | Mystery, Thriller

A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire of international enemy agents trying to eliminate the French.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jean Bouise, Marilù Tolo, Adrian Hoven

Votes: 406

46. Down on Us (1984)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Sandy Kenyon, Joe Camp, Toni Sawyer, Steven Tice

Votes: 128

47. 4th Period Mystery (2009)

86 min | Action, Crime, Drama

High school guys must find the killer of their classmate before the next class start, in 40 minutes.

Directors: Sang-Yong Lee, Lee Sang-yong, Lee Sang-Yong-I | Stars: Chi-yong Ahn, Ryoo Byeong-Gil, Im Chan-Woo, In-sook Choi

Votes: 487

48. The Loan Stranger (1942)

TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Woody is happily driving down the street when his car breaks down. He tries to get a loan on it from a nearby wolf. The wolf agrees to give Woody the loan but exclaims if he doesn't receive payment in thirty days,

Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers

Votes: 147

49. 27 horas con la muerte (1982)

113 min | Drama, Horror

A man risks experimenting with a cataleptic effects pill that seeks faking his death and then returned from the grave to take its own life insurance. But something happens and things do not go as he planned.

Director: Jairo Pinilla | Stars: Júlio del Mar, Yvonne Maritza Gómez, Ana María Hurtado, Julio César Luna

Votes: 55

50. La agonía del difunto (1981)

92 min | Drama

In the Colombian countryside, ruthless landowner Agustino Landazábal, who has stolen land and cattle from the peasants and abused their women, pretends to be dead when the masses prepare to lynch him.

Director: Dunav Kuzmanich | Stars: Julio Alemán, Raquel Bardisa, Hernando Casanova, Hilda Cibar