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1. The Departed (2006)

R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg

Votes: 1,426,294 | Gross: $132.38M

2. A Simple Favor (2018)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells

Votes: 163,865 | Gross: $53.55M

3. The Craft (1996)

R | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True

Votes: 108,156 | Gross: $24.88M

4. Very Bad Things (1998)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau

Votes: 49,067 | Gross: $9.80M

5. Mortdecai (2015)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost gold.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn

Votes: 76,950 | Gross: $7.61M

6. The Big White (2005)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, Holly Hunter, Tim Blake Nelson

Votes: 15,248

7. One on Top of the Other (1969)

R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza

Votes: 2,684

8. Scarlet Street (1945)

Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay

Votes: 19,263

9. Mortal Passions (1989)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A scheming woman seeks to kill her husband for money, and is willing to seduce anyone she can to do it - including her husband's brother.

Director: Andrew Lane | Stars: Zach Galligan, Krista Errickson, Michael Bowen, Luca Bercovici

Votes: 506 | Gross: $1.90M

10. Thief of Hearts (1984)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

If you met Ray and Mickey Davis, you'd swear they had a perfect marriage. But if you read Mickey's diary, you'd know that unrest is lurking just beneath the surface.

Director: Douglas Day Stewart | Stars: Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz, David Caruso

Votes: 1,917 | Gross: $10.44M

11. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Passed | 77 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh

Votes: 6,845

12. Room for Rent (2019)

81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.

Director: Tommy Stovall | Stars: Lin Shaye, Oliver Rayon, Valeska Miller, Ryan Ochoa

Votes: 4,087

13. She Played with Fire (1957)

Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.

Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Violet Farebrother

Votes: 870

14. 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: 1,880

15. Race (I) (2008)

Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Destiny makes two brothers- Ranvir and Rajiv - enemies of each other. Everything is fair in love and war.

Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif

Votes: 16,055 | Gross: $1.37M

16. All the Way Boys (1972)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A bush-flying duo crash-land in the heart of the Peruvian jungle where an unscrupulous speculator controls a precious emerald source and an entire mining community. Can they right the wrongs, and in the process, manage to make a profit?

Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Carlos Muñoz

Votes: 7,526

17. The Man Who Sued God (2001)

97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ex lawyer now fisherman sees his fishing boat sunk by a lightning. His insurance company claims "Act of God". Sue the insurance company or God/churches?

Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Wendy Hughes

Votes: 5,255

18. The Hot Month of August (1966)

79 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A chance encounter with an international playboy and a clandestine affair with a cryptic married woman entangle an unsuspecting young man in a well-planned conspiracy. Has anyone emerged unscathed from the unbreakable shackles of passion?

Directors: Sokrates Kapsaskis, Doris Wishman | Stars: Petros Fyssoun, Giannis Fertis, Minas Christidis, Katerina Vasilakou

Votes: 140

19. Hugo Pool (1997)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Mark Boone Junior, Malcolm McDowell, Brendan Dawson

Votes: 2,100 | Gross: $0.00M

20. Double Indemnity (1973 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar

Votes: 616

21. A Matter of Justice (1993 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 240 min | Drama, Thriller

True story about the mother of a murder victim seeking to bring her son's widow to justice and gain custody of her granddaughter.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Patty Duke, Martin Sheen, Alexandra Powers, Jason London

Votes: 643

22. Polle Fiction (2002)

90 min | Comedy, Romance

The whole plot in this crazy comedy movie is a story about a geeky and nerdy guy called Polle, who lives in a little village named Snave, which is far out in the Danish countryside. Even ... See full summary »

Director: Søren Fauli | Stars: Jens Andersen, Per Otto Bersang Rasmussen, Henrik Bechman, Petrine Agger

Votes: 1,220

23. Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993 TV Movie)

120 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.

Director: John Cosgrove | Stars: Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bartlett, Andy Romano, Sally Murphy

Votes: 184

24. Welcome to the Family (2018–2019)

TV-MA | Comedy

When an evicted single mom's estranged father dies, she and his second wife cover up his death after they learn that they've been written out of his will.

Stars: Melani Olivares, Ivan Massagué, Yolanda Ramos, Nao Albet

Votes: 537

25. Shed No Tears (1948)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A wife convinces her husband to fake his death so they can collect on the life insurance. However, he doesn't know that she has been having an affair for some time, and she has plans for the money - and they don't include him.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Mark Roberts, Frank Albertson

Votes: 471

26. Na zi kaneis i na mi zi? (1966)

96 min | Comedy

Sadly, a failed businessman wants to end his life, and his money-grubbing relatives see his failure as a golden opportunity to make an easy buck. Only a good employee believes in him; however, one is the question: To live or not live?

Director: Orestis Laskos | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Labros Konstadaras, Lilian Miniati, Rita Mousouri

Votes: 112

27. The Line-Up (1934)

Passed | 64 min | Drama

Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Gargan, Marian Nixon, Paul Hurst, John Miljan

Votes: 38

28. Arson for Hire (1959)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Romance

Johnny Broderick, arson squad investigator, and his assistant, Ben Howard,, investigate a warehouse fire and find evidence of arson. Lawyer William Yarbo is behind the series of incendiary ... See full summary »

Director: Thor L. Brooks | Stars: Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas, Tom Hubbard, Frank J. Scannell

Votes: 26

29. Akujo kamakiri (1983)

84 min | Crime, Mystery

Masako, a beautician, is an ambitious woman. She happens to meet a man who works for a life insurance company. She seduces the man and tries to use him as an accomplice to a crime.

Director: Shunichi Kajima | Stars: Midori Satsuki, Mako Toyoda, Eiji Okada, Isamu Nagato

30. An Unknown Friend (1978)

90 min | Crime, Thriller

The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruna and Karen make sure that it pays off.

Director: Lars G. Thelestam | Stars: Kate O'Mara, Bruno O'Ya, Åke Lindman, Anne Marie Pohtamo

Votes: 110

31. Mudhal Thedi (1955)

145 min

Sivagnanam (Sivaji Ganesan) works as a bank clerk. Though his pay is meager, he deals with a lot of cash at the bank. His family consists of wife Lakshmi (Anjali Devi), a daughter whose ... See full summary »

Director: P. Neelakantan | Stars: Anjali Devi, Shivaji Ganesan, N.S. Krishnan, T.A. Mathuram

Votes: 15

32. Oti thelei o laos (1964)

74 min | Comedy

More than anything in the world, the wife of a low-income accountant wants a car, and after winning the lottery, her husband finally manages to make her dreams come true. However, will her teeny tiny rickety car make her happy?

Director: Marios Adamis | Stars: Giannis Gionakis, Kostas Voutsas, Sperantza Vrana, Kaiti Lambropoulou

Votes: 28

33. Navajo Trail Raiders (1949)

Approved | 60 min | Western

Outlaw gangs are plundering the freight lines that bring supplies into Yellow Creek. The only thing that will save the town is the insurance money on the freight, but the outlaws are ... See full summary »

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Allan Lane, Black Jack, Eddy Waller, Robert Emmett Keane

Votes: 36

34. Baita (1967)

75 min

Akiko is carefully planning the death of her husband. She is looking forward to claim a considerable inheritance.

Director: Kôji Seki | Stars: Noriko Tatsumi, Hachirô Tsuruoka, Shinzô Hiraoka, Miki Hayashi

35. An Imbecile and a Half (1959)

69 min | Comedy

A gullible but good-natured man who is head over heels for a lavish widow is willing to get his hands dirty for her when an unforeseen situation calls for desperate measures. But, does he really have the guts to do anything for love?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Christos Efthimiou, Rika Dialyna, Andreas Barkoulis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Votes: 239

36. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Kill with Kindness (1956)

TV-14 | 26 min | Drama, Mystery

Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hume Cronyn, Carmen Mathews, James Gleason

Votes: 713

37. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Edith Gets a Mink (1972)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Edith's wealthy cousin gives her a mink as a present.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 260

38. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Black Widow (1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After seven years in prison for killing his wife Ann, Ken Wilson gets out and finds her working in a real estate office. Anne soon turns up dead and Ken is tried, once again, for killing his wife.

Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holiday

Votes: 122

39. U.S. Marshal (1958–1960)
Episode: The Triple Cross (1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Western

Ex-insurance investigator Sykes reports to Marshal Morgan that he's pursuing a crook who stole $100,000 in a bungled payout that cost Sykes his job. Suspiciously, that crook is soon found dead along the roadside with the money missing.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: John Bromfield, James Griffith, Jacqueline Scott, Don 'Red' Barry

40. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode: Camdenites: Part 2 (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy

When Earl finds out that making up for all the bad things he did to women changes Billie's behavior to the good, he picks the worst thing he ever did to women on his list. Billie wants him ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Fresco | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez

Votes: 503

41. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: How the Test Was Won (2009)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Bart and his fellow underachievers are taken on a "field trip" to Capital City so that they can miss the standardized test, and Homer makes sure that nothing bad happens until their insurance goes back into effect.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Lance Kramer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,454

42. Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.11 (2012)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the final episode of the serial and the third of three of the storyline surrounding the yakuza, a murder, a father figure and insurance fraud we find a young man in distress, a ... See full summary »

Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Keisuke Koide, Yui Egashira

43. Touch (2012–2013)
Episode: 1+1=3 (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Despite she witnessing Jake's possible communication through numbers and despite Jake having run away to home, Clea is still convinced that Jake is better off under Child and Family ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Mazouz, Danny Glover

Votes: 731

44. I Knew My Murderer (2017– )
Episode: Love Triangle (2020)

Documentary, Crime

Nicole Abusharif, 26, murders her partner Rebecca Klein for the insurance money, then leaves her body in the boot of her car for a night of drinking with her young lover, Rose.

Directors: Cameron Patterson, Jorge Requena Ramos | Stars: Rebecca Klein, Nicole Abusharif, Cheryl Arutt, Derek James Trapp

45. The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio (2009– )
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