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1. The Artful Dodger (2023– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
Set in 1850s Australia the series follows adult double life of Charles Dickens' famous prince of thieves Dodger now a surgeon, but who can't shake his predilection for crime.
Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis, Maia Mitchell, Damon Herriman
Votes: 11,137
2. Australia (2008)
PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo
Votes: 129,767 | Gross: $49.55M
3.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
A Blow to the Heart
(1999)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.
Director: Karl Steinberg | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 15
4.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
A Dress to Die For
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When the detectives attend an extravagant costume hire shop, they find the shop's young security guard dead from a blow to the back of the head, and propped inside an elaborate Queen Elizabeth I costume.
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 16
5.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
A Stab in the Dark
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When horror novelist Sebastian Tombs is found lying dead with a knife in his back, Tessa and Steve must investigate the four people closest to him, each of whom has a strong motive for committing the murder.
Director: Julian McSwiney | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 9
6.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
A View to a Kill
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When Tessa and Steve investigate the death of a museum curator, they realise that his public face as a well liked man who could rake in the funding dollars, hides a private life littered with sexual indiscretions and money troubles.
Director: Richard Jasek | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 16
7.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Absent Friends
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
While attending a school reunion, Tessa is called to a homicide on the school grounds. The victim is one of her friends - stabbed in a reenactment of a Muckup Day prank, leaving Tessa as either a suspect, or another possible victim.
Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 15
8.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
An Eye for an Eye
(1997)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When a mummified body is found in an empty house, it is identified as that of Karen Diskin, the daughter of police inspector Snowy Muldoon, who went missing two years earlier.
Director: Julian McSwiney | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 25
9.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Ashes to Ashes
(1997)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa's ex-boyfriend tells her about a conspiracy after a body explodes from the sea.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 37
10.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Bad Business
(1999)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa and Steve investigate what appears to be a routine case, but soon uncover a dangerous web of blackmail and righteous fanaticism.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 16
11.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Black Friday
(1997)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A man is found dead in the bushes of a Sydney zoo, wearing a gorilla suit. Tessa and Steve find themselves in the midst of a family drama with deadly stakes.
Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 26
12.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Blood Heat
(1997)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
The brutal murder of a video store owner initially appears to be linked to a protest demonstration until other suspects emerge.
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 21
13.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Blowing the Whistle
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When the referee at a women's soccer match is murdered in full view of 100 people, the detectives are puzzled when they cannot find a single eyewitness.
Director: Ray Quint | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 16
14.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Bone Dead
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa and Steve are drawn into a web of mystery and intrigue when legendary paleontologist Dr. Charlie Minogue is murdered and his attractive assistant disappears.
Director: Richard Jasek | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 15
15.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Booming Business
(1999)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa and Steve uncover a web of intrigue surrounding businessman Brian Hart's horrific death when he is killed as he commutes to work by train when a letter bomb concealed in a card explodes.
Director: Julian McSwiney | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
16.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Cat & Mouse
(1997)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Wheelchair bound Spinner congratulates himself on finishing some artwork by logging on to his favourite internet games forum. His pleasure is short lived, however, as a shadow falls across him and a lead pipe takes him out of the game.
Director: Richard Jasek | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 36
17.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Cold Comfort
(1998)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
The body of a beautiful women, victim of hit-and-run accident, is taken to the morgue. Tootsie arrives shortly afterwards to find the body missing and her new assistant murdered.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 18
18.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Cry Wolf
(1998)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Steve and Tessa are called to the murder scene of a woman who had called the police twice the night before she was murdered.
Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 17
19.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Cut & Dried
(1999)
TV-MA | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When a man's head is found mounted in a taxidermist's shop Tessa and Steve's investigation is caught in the crossfire between the local gun club and an anti-gun lobby.
Director: Ray Quint | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 15
20.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Dared to Death
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When a professional stuntman is found dead, hanging in a harness outside the window of his apartment, Steve and Tessa must determine whether it was an accident, suicide or murder.
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 18
21.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Dead Clean
(1997)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A woman is found lovingly washed clean in a trash bag and then another is found. Did the policeman who found her kill her too or is he just unfit for the job?
Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 28
22.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Dead Offerings
(1999)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool.
Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 15
23.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Dead and Gone
(1997)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Fisk has a personal connection to the apparent murder attempt on a husband and wife. But Tessa and Steve must discover whether it was a murder-suicide, a double murder attempt - or something else.
Director: Mark Piper | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 23
24.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Deadfall
(1998)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Thorne is convinced he saw a man pushed off a building roof, but cannot locate the body at first. When the body turns up, Steve and Tessa not only have to track down the killer, but discover why the body disappeared.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 18
25.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Deadline: Part 1
(1998)
TV-MA | Drama, Crime, Thriller
The team hunts a serial killer who seems to be using the "Monday's child..." nursery rhyme to target his victims and who is stalking Tess.
Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 18
26.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Deadline: Part 2
(1998)
TV-MA | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa's stalker is in custody but the "Monday's child" murders haven't stopped. Steve and Tessa ask one of the targets to put himself at risk to help bring the killer to justice.
Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 18
27.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Death Down Market
(1999)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When a woman is found murdered in a neighbourhood that is terrorised by a local gang, Steve and Tessa are called in to investigate.
Director: Karl Steinberg | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
28.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Death in the Family
(1999)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A vagrant is found dead at an inner city underpass surrounded by the corpses of poisoned sparrows.
Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 15
29.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Done to Death
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
The cleaner at a market beauty parlour makes a gruesome find - the proprietor strung up in a tanning booth and roasted like a pig-on-a-spit. Tessa and Steve's investigation uncovers a wealth of secrets and resentments harboured from birth.
Director: Paul Faint | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
30.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Drop Dead Gorgeous
(1997)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Former football star Wayne Pascall is found dead in the lift of a publicity company owned by Anita Black. Anita is successful, attractive and now missing.
Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 24
31.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Dying Day
(1999)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Steve and Tessa investigate when a young woman is found hanging from a tree limb in a popular city park, and Tootsie's preliminary findings indicate it was not suicide.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
32.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Evil Chances
(1999)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A sports teacher is found impaled at a boarding school and is found by Fisk's older sister. Tessa and Steve investigate, but Fisk is frustrated when his sister is interviewed, and he is excluded.
Director: Paul Faint | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
33.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Fall from Grace
(1997)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa suspects an apparent suicide is really an elaborate scam designed to cover a woman's disappearance.
Director: Richard Jasek | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 21
34.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Fatal Charm
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Steve and Tessa investigate when the body of a young women is found, having been killed by a blow to the head before being set alight.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 17
35.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Grave Matters
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
As a crypt is opened for an interment, the funeral goers are shocked to discover the sarcophagus already occupied by the corpse of a young woman holding a rare orchid in her hand.
Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 13
36.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Heartstopper
(1997)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When the general manager of a department store is found dead during the store's opening, the owner and employees become the main suspects in the investigation. Steve is haunted by a face from his past, and Tessa pursues the case alone.
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 23
37.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Hide & Seek
(1999)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Following the suspicious death of an elderly worker, Tessa and Steve must race against time to avert another tragedy growing from the ruins of the first.
Director: Russell Burton | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 13
38.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Hot Shot
(1997)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When Maddie Herman, a paparazzi photographer who made her living out of the gossip and innuendo of the lives of others is found murdered, Steve and Tessa have no shortage of suspects.
Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 28
39.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
House of Spirits
(2000)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa and Steve investigate when a psychic conducting a séance in a storm-swept house is shot dead by the ghost of the man he was trying to contact.
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
40.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Instrument of Death
(1998)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
The Klein String Quartet is a hotbed of passions and hatreds. When its founder and first violinist is found murdered, the other three members come under Steve and Tessa's spotlight.
Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 16
41.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Last Act
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A busker suffers from hallucinations while performing mime outside a train station. When he collapses and dies, Tootsie's autopsy points to poisoning.
Director: Steve Mann | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
42.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Last Stop
(1997)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Tessa is suspicious about the supposed suicide of a model train collector whose death exposes the secrets those around him were trying to keep from the victim.
Director: Richard Jasek | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 22
43.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Many Unhappy Returns
(1998)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Steve and Tessa rush to solve the crime of a man who is murdered on his 50th birthday.
Director: Richard Jasek | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 18
44.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Menu for Murder
(1998)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When a food critic drops dead in a restaurant, Tessa finds there is no shortage of suspects as the critic was universally loathed and regularly received death threats.
Director: Karl Steinberg | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 17
45.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Mix 'n' Match
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Following the bizarre murder of a medical professor, Tessa and Steve must carefully interpret a series of cryptic clues left by the killer.
Director: Russell Burton | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 17
46.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
More Than Meets the Eye
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A gruesome discovery draws Steve and Tessa into a case that leads them into the dark stormwater tunnels of the city.
Director: Julian McSwiney | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 14
47.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Murder in Reverse
(1998)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When a woman's body is found in a local dump, Tessa and Steve's investigation uncovers a series of kidnappings. But are these kidnappings an elaborate ruse to disguise a murder?
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 18
48.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Paid in Full
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A man's body is found floating in a spa, a large roll of cash stuffed into his mouth. Steve and Tessa discover that almost everyone who knew him had a reason to kill him.
Director: Julian McSwiney | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 13
49.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Scent of Evil
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A woman is ripped to shreds by savage dogs on the grounds of an empty house. Steve and Tessa must determine whether her death was an accident, or if the dogs were trained to kill by someone with a grudge and a vicious streak.
Director: Steve Mann | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 13
50.
Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode:
Short Circuit
(1998)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
When a young woman is electrocuted by her twin brother's robot, the subsequent investigation leads Tessa and Steve to uncover a bizarre tangle of relationships.
Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 20