Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "turning-oneself-in-to-the-police"

1. Honest Thief (2020)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Thriller

Wanting to lead an honest life, a notorious bank robber turns himself in, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.

Director: Mark Williams | Stars: Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan

Votes: 57,660 | Gross: $14.16M

2. Three Colors: Red (1994)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit

Votes: 110,000 | Gross: $4.04M

3. How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.

Director: Daniel Goldhaber | Stars: Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 10,077

4. The Company You Keep (2012)

R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller

After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte

Votes: 34,979 | Gross: $5.13M

5. Army of Shadows (1969)

Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, War

An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret

Votes: 25,845 | Gross: $0.74M

6. We're No Angels (1955)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Three Devil's Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett

Votes: 10,773

7. Himizu (2011)

129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Votes: 4,710

8. Frozen River (2008)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama

A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?

Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 26,460 | Gross: $2.51M

9. The Honeymoon Killers (1970)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.

Directors: Leonard Kastle, Donald Volkman | Stars: Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby, Doris Roberts

Votes: 5,829 | Gross: $0.46M

10. Sweet Country (2017)

R | 113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Hamilton Morris, Shanika Cole, Ewen Leslie, Sam Neill

Votes: 9,259 | Gross: $0.10M

11. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil

Votes: 5,448

12. Moonrise (1948)

Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Danny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn

Votes: 2,968

13. The Child (2005)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione

Votes: 19,401 | Gross: $0.65M

14. Forever, Lulu (1986)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.

Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Debbie Harry, Alec Baldwin, Annie Golden

Votes: 439

15. The Trouble with You (2018)

108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Yvonne is a police detective in a town on the French Riviera and the young widow of police chief Santi, a local hero. One day, she learns that her husband was in fact a crooked cop.

Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Audrey Tautou, Damien Bonnard

Votes: 4,112

16. Deputy Droopy (1955)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A jailhouse, a tempting safe, and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy, who is on patrol guarding the safe, has his ... See full summary »

Directors: Tex Avery, Michael Lah | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Daws Butler

Votes: 801

17. Feast of July (1995)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy

Votes: 601 | Gross: $0.29M

18. Shield of Straw (2013)

117 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A team of cops must protect an accused killer with a billion-yen bounty on his head.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Takao Osawa, Nanako Matsushima, Gorô Kishitani, Masatô Ibu

Votes: 2,711

19. For You I Die (1947)

Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A young convict,Johnny Coulter, serving as a trustee and with only a year remaining on his sentence, is forced to participate in a prison break by one of the hardened criminals. They ... See full summary »

Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Cathy Downs, Paul Langton, Mischa Auer, Roman Bohnen

Votes: 286

20. Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)

Approved | 212 min | Mystery

Kind-hearted boy with sturdy character visits Africa to search for his missing father and finds adventures against hard-core criminals and wild animals.

Directors: Ford Beebe, Wyndham Gittens | Stars: Frankie Thomas, Frances Robinson, Jack Mulhall, Al Shean

Votes: 275

21. Double Cross (1951)

85 min | Crime, Drama

Pietro, an honest businessman, is wrongly accused of the murder of his business associate and jailed. Actually the man is alive and has set him up to avoid bankruptcy. Pietro's life is ... See full summary »

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Gianna Maria Canale, Armando Francioli, Arnoldo Foà

Votes: 87

22. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Not the Running Type (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

When Capt. Ernest Fisher learns that Milton Potter has been released from prison after serving his 15-year sentence, he tells his subordinates about this very strange case. Potter was a ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Hartman, Robert Bray, Bert Freed

Votes: 447

23. The Man Behind the Badge (1953–1955)
Episode: The Case of the Capital Crime (1955)

Crime, Drama

Police detectives in Washington D.C. investigate the murder of a pair of security guards working in a downtown department store. Although they quickly identify a suspect, finding him in a ... See full summary »

Director: John Peyser | Stars: Charles Bickford, Robert Bray, Dabbs Greer, Roy Barcroft

Votes: 14

24. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Killer (2006)

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

A man walks into a shabby apartment and shoots the occupant. On his way home, a teenager's car crashes into his car. Ally Sullivan insists on calling the police but the man refuses. As he ... See full summary »

Directors: Kenneth Fink, Andrew Baron | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 784

25. All American (2018– )
Episode: Who Shot Ya (2020)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Sport

Spencer is worried Coop isn't taking everything seriously and asks Layla for her help; Billy makes a tough choice to protect his team; Laura is concerned about Jordan's relationship with Simone.

Director: Nikhil Paniz | Stars: Daniel Ezra, Bre-Z, Greta Onieogou, Samantha Logan

Votes: 173

26. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Scott Free (2011)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A talented teenage con artist wreaks havoc in Manhattan, and Neal must decide if he should help him or take him down.

Director: Tricia Brock | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 775

27. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Fail Safe (2011)

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

When Anson demands that Michael burn the CIA team he's working with, Fi decides she's had enough and takes a drastic step to settle Michael's debt to Anson once and for all.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 478

28. Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode: The Model and the Maniac (2023)

Crime

The prime suspect of a gruesome triple homicide, wax sculptor Robert Irwin, sold his story to finance his defence and escape the death penalty.

Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Harold Schechter, Colm Meaney, Mark Lavery, Sheila Moylette

29. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: The Toll (2014)

TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Art is shot and is in critical condition, the marshals round up the usual suspects, until an unlikely person confesses. Meanwhile, Ava prepares for the fallout for killing Judith, and Boyd tries to make a new deal with Wynn.

Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter

Votes: 1,302

30. Beware the Batman (2013–2014)
Episode: Animal (2014)

TV-PG | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In order to track a thief who's stolen a dangerous piece of code-breaking software, Batman has himself arrested and thrown into Blackgate prison.

Directors: Sam Liu, Butch Lukic | Stars: Anthony Ruivivar, JB Blanc, Christopher McDonald, Sumalee Montano

Votes: 113

31. Deutschland 83 (2015)
Episode: Able Archer (2015)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Martin manages to cross the border to West Germany. He first confronts both Yvonne and Annett and then reports to HVA. Lenora continues to believe in Martin and tries to stop the attack.

Director: Samira Radsi | Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth

Votes: 437

32. Luke Cage (2016–2018)
Episode: The Creator (2018)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shaken by Mariah's latest act, Luke combs the city for a witness. Flashbacks reveal a fateful encounter between the Stokes and McIver families.

Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Gabrielle Dennis

Votes: 1,880

33. Green Eggs and Ham (2019–2022)
Episode: Mouse (2019)

TV-Y7 | 27 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Sam-I-Am and Guy-Am-I get thrown in jail with a mouse, so they try to escape.

Directors: Cody Cameron, Aurian Redson, Lawrence Gong | Stars: Michael Douglas, Adam Devine, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer

Votes: 146

34. Star (2016–2019)
Episode: Karma (2018)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Gravity Media recruits social media influencer Chloe David to attract more attention to Carlotta's festival, but Take 3's plan to hijack attention to their album doesn't go as planned. ... See full summary »

Director: Erica Watson | Stars: Jude Demorest, Brittany O'Grady, Ryan Destiny, Amiyah Scott

Votes: 46

35. Blood & Treasure (2019–2022)
Episode: Escape from Casablanca (2019)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure

Danny and Lexi must improvise in order to stay alive and out of jail when they're stuck in Casablanca with both law enforcement and their enemies hot on their trail. Also, Hardwick's ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Siebels | Stars: Matt Barr, Sofia Pernas, James Callis, Katia Winter

Votes: 250

36. Bedrag (2016–2019)
Episode: Episode #3.10 (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Alf is on a vicious hunt for Nicky before he escapes the country. Anna receives an offer she cannot refuse.

Director: Frederik Louis Hviid | Stars: Esben Smed, Thomas Hwan, Maria Rich, Marie Askehave

Votes: 122