Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "murder-by-drug-overdose"

1. Jacob's Ladder (I) (1990)

R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven

Votes: 117,920 | Gross: $26.12M

2. Cold Pursuit (2019)

R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheál Neeson, Michael Eklund

Votes: 78,089 | Gross: $32.14M

3. Shaft (2019)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall

Votes: 58,760 | Gross: $21.36M

4. Dark Angel (1990)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A Renegade Cop is forced to work with an FBI Agent in order to bring down a group of Drug Dealers with sinister plans.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues

Votes: 13,855 | Gross: $4.35M

5. 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

6. Class of 1999 (1990)

R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Three ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take over.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach

Votes: 8,643 | Gross: $2.46M

7. In Order of Disappearance (2014)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Oftebro

Votes: 29,150 | Gross: $0.05M

8. Echoes in the Darkness (1987)

Unrated | 250 min | Drama

Based on the true life story that took place in 1979, this movie follows the murders of Susan Reinert (Stockard Channing) and her two children in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, a case that lasted seven years.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Stockard Channing, Robert Loggia, Peter Boyle

Votes: 446

9. Inherit the Viper (2019)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Crime thriller about three siblings in Appalachia getting by as local opioid dealers, trying not to get caught in the spiral of violence that comes with the territory.

Director: Anthony Jerjen | Stars: Tara Buck, Margarita Levieva, Lobo Sebastian, Garrett Kruithof

Votes: 1,818

10. Adverse (2020)

R | 94 min | Crime, Thriller

A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.

Director: Brian A. Metcalf | Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller, Lou Diamond Phillips

Votes: 16,191

11. The Concrete Jungle (1982)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When an unsuspecting woman, who was setup by her boyfriend to carry a stash of cocaine, is sentenced to three years in prison, she struggles to survive against the corrupt warden and the vicious inmates.

Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman, BarBara Luna, June Barrett

Votes: 821

12. All I Need (2016)

TV-MA | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

The paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.

Director: Dylan K. Narang | Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Markus Taylor, Leah McKendrick, Sorel Carradine

Votes: 1,413

13. ...And Then She Was Gone (1991 TV Movie)

M | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Robert Urich, Megan Gallagher, Brett Cullen, Vondie Curtis-Hall

Votes: 364

14. Cover Girl Killer (1959)

Not Rated | 61 min | Crime, Thriller

Set in the sleazy world of a backstreet 1950s nightclub, a serial killer is believed to be murdering the models of a glamour magazine.

Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Spencer Teakle, Victor Brooks

Votes: 460

15. Los héroes del mal (2015)

98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Three teenagers, brought together by bullying, indulge in petty theft, sex and drugs. They inevitably realize they can resort to violence to take revenge on everyone who has humiliated them: students, teachers and other outcasts. One of them escalates to killing, and desires to kill again. Anyone can become his next victim. The other two face the question: should they resort to violence to stop ... See full summary »

Director: Zoe Berriatúa | Stars: Emilio Palacios, Jorge Clemente, Beatriz Medina, Macarena Gómez

Votes: 1,116

16. The Pusher (1960)

Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Drama

A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss' daughter.

Director: Gene Milford | Stars: Kathy Carlyle, Robert Lansing, Felice Orlandi, Douglas Rodgers

Votes: 158

17. Clay Pigeon (1971)

R | 93 min | Action, Drama

An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.

Directors: Lane Slate, Tom Stern | Stars: Tom Stern, Telly Savalas, Robert Vaughn, John Marley

Votes: 182

18. France société anonyme (1974)

98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the year 2222, a former drug dealer is kept in a state of hibernation. Reanimated, he tells his story. Leader in the narcotics market, his situation was prosperous until, during a political change, the government legalized its use.

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Allyn Ann McLerie, Roland Dubillard, Joel Barcellos

Votes: 197

19. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Down for the Count (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Zito goes undercover as a boxing manager to take down a crooked bookie, but pays the ultimate price for it.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 445

20. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Heart of Darkness (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Investigating a porn baron, Crockett and Tubbs become involved with an undercover FBI agent who may have gone native and become a criminal, and may have murdered an underage porn starlet. ... See full summary »

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 955

21. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Honor Among Thieves? (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A twisted serial killer with a fetish for mini dolls preys on underage girls. Since he uses pure cocaine to kill them, the police puts pressure on the cartels. "Burnett and Cooper" end up in the team the drug lords send to find him.

Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 337

22. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Rites of Passage (1985)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Sparks fly between Tubbs and an old flame who has come to Miami to rescue her sister from a life of prostitution.

Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 653

23. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode: Night of the Gladiator (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Walker and Trivette go undercover to bust an illegal fight circuit.

Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Noble Willingham, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 140

24. Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode: Lisa Scottoline (2006)

Documentary, Crime

The case of 37-year-old schoolteacher Susan G. Reinert, who was murdered by morphine injection in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1979.

Directors: Emma Webster, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Floyd Baxter, G. Larry Butler, Ben Feuer

25. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Daughters (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Fornell pleads with Gibbs to do whatever is necessary to take down drug dealers in the area after his daughter is hospitalized from a drug overdose; Gibbs is haunted by aspects of the case.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Emily Wickersham

Votes: 637

26. Tell Me a Story (2018–2020)
Episode: Lost and Found (2020)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Thriller

Beau is determined to track down Ashley's assailant after the shootout; Jackson confronts Veronica about Simone's disappearance and gets help from an unlikely ally; Olivia makes her escape.

Director: Millicent Shelton | Stars: Paul Wesley, Odette Annable, Danielle Campbell, Eka Darville

Votes: 213

27. Perry Mason (2020–2023)
Episode: Chapter Eight (2020)

TV-MA | 65 min | Crime, Drama, History

Della presents a stubborn Mason with her case for putting Emily on the stand; Mason, Strickland, Della, and Drake attempt to tie up loose ends as the trial comes to a close.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,193

28. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Turn, Turn, Turn (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Nick volunteers on his birthday to take a case involving a 16-year-old girl found dead in the parking lot of a seedy hotel, because he got to know the girl while investigating other cases at the hotel over the last year.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 1,036

29. Deadwind (2018–2021)
Episode: Muistitikku (2021)

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

An unexpected encounter leads to more clues about Karppi's husband. The detectives unravel a common thread among the victims.

Director: Rike Jokela | Stars: Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo, Ville Myllyrinne

Votes: 161

30. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: The Untouchable (2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A troubled woman who once turned to Mac after witnessing a group of men trying to cover up a murder turns up dead herself under very suspicious circumstances.

Director: Vikki Williams | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 264

31. Britain's Underworld (2010– )
Episode: Essex Bad Boys (2011)

Documentary, Crime, History

Investigation into the gangs and smugglers who fought for control of Essex's ports in the 70s and 80s, turning its seaside towns into their violent playground.

Director: Will Rowson | Stars: Danny Woollard, Ken Tappenden, Dick Hobbs, Billy Blundell

32. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Split Decisions (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The task of figuring out who shot and killed a pediatrician in a casino becomes more difficult when the team discovers that the killer is one of three identical triplets.

Director: Brad Tanenbaum | Stars: Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, George Eads, Jorja Fox

Votes: 662

33. The Rookie: Feds (2022–2023)
Episode: Burn Run (2023)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As Simone is doing office inventory, she uncovers a trail of bodies that leads her to investigate a case involving a reclusive business tycoon. Meanwhile, Laura and Brendon track down an ... See full summary »

Director: Hernán Otaño | Stars: Niecy Nash, James Lesure, Britt Robertson, Felix Solis

Votes: 158

34. Vegas (2012–2013)
Episode: Estinto (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The sheriff discovers that a murdered contractor made lots of enemies, while Jack's courtship of Mia heats up. At the Savoy, Vincent gets disturbing news about Diane Desmond, and Dixon helps Vincent catch a thief.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Jones

Votes: 106

35. Perception (2012–2015)
Episode: Warrior (2013)

TV-MA | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the conclusion of "Wounded", Kate goes on trial for the death of Sgt. Rickford. Donnie resigns his job to become her defense attorney even though Kate begins to doubt her own account of events and thinks she may in fact be guilty.

Director: Kenneth Biller | Stars: Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith

Votes: 277

36. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: One for Sorrow: Part 1 (2015)

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

Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai.

Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Helen Schlesinger, Shanaya Rafaat, Tim Pigott-Smith, Andreea Paduraru

Votes: 486

37. Falling Water (2016–2018)
Episode: Watchers (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Tess faces off with her stalker. Burton meets a ghost from his past. Taka wants to dream with his mother to help find Shadowman.

Director: Tim Andrew | Stars: David Ajala, Lizzie Brocheré, Will Yun Lee, Kai Lennox

Votes: 100

38. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Good for the Soul (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The Boys head to the "Believe" Expo to follow a promising lead in their ongoing war against the Supes. There might -- MIGHT -- be a homicidal infant, but you'll have to see for yourself.

Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 14,280

39. Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
Episode: Xbalanque (2019)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Reyes family is divided and the M.C. uncovers an internal leak.

Director: Kevin Dowling | Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby

Votes: 621

40. NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)
Episode: Reckoning (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a reshuffling of assignments, Pride returns to the New Orleans office during the investigation of a missing petty officer.

Director: Gordon Lonsdale | Stars: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Vanessa Ferlito, Necar Zadegan

Votes: 241