Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "witness-murdered"

1. Hannibal Rising (2007)

R | 121 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Gong Li, Aaran Thomas

Votes: 115,917 | Gross: $27.67M

2. The Big Combo (1955)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 8,627

3. Scandal Sheet (1952)

Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 3,480

4. Flashpoint (1984)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car.

Director: William Tannen | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway

Votes: 3,169 | Gross: $3.85M

5. Calendar Girl Murders (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Media mogul Richard Trainor is celebrating the success of his nude modeling business, and introducing the newest class of calendar models to the adoring public. The party is ruined when one of his models is murdered.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Sharon Stone, Barbara Bosson, Robert Beltran

Votes: 958

6. Pasadena (2001–2002)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lily McAllister has lived a charmed life as part of the most powerful family in the upscale Southern California enclave of Pasadena. All that changes, however, when a murder and coverup in her own mansion thrusts Lily into a search to unlock her family's long-buried secrets.

Stars: Dana Delany, Martin Donovan, Balthazar Getty, Alison Lohman

Votes: 522

7. The Man from Majorca (1984)

106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In Stockholm, on St. Lucy's feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Two cops from vice squad, Johansson and Jarnebring, who were... See full summary »

Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner, Ernst Günther

Votes: 2,496

8. The Mattei Affair (1972)

R | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

An Italian industrialist died in a plane crash. An accident or an assassination?

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin, Renato Romano

Votes: 2,461

9. Passion and Paradise (1989)

Not Rated | 185 min | Crime, Drama, History

Sir Harry Oakes is a wealthy magnate, living amongst the British aristocrats who have made their home in the Bahamas just prior to World War II. Their small community is one of privilege ... See full summary »

Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Armand Assante, Catherine Mary Stewart, Mariette Hartley, Kevin McCarthy

Votes: 131

10. Anonymous Rex (2004 TV Movie)

Unrated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Failed TV pilot about an alternate present day reality where a dinosaur society secretly co-exists with humans using futuristic cloaking technology. Two dinosaur private detectives investigate a murder connected to a strange dinosaur cult.

Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Sam Trammell, Daniel Baldwin, Stephanie Lemelin, Tamara Gorski

Votes: 957

11. The Devil Plays (1931)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder mystery evolves during a weekend at an exclusive mansion.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton, Thomas E. Jackson, Richard Tucker

Votes: 191

12. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: In the Secret State (1985)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama

A department head within the British secret service uncovers some unpleasant secrets when he investigates the apparent suicide of a colleague.

Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Frank Finlay, Matthew Marsh, Geoffrey Chater, Michael Byrne

Votes: 16

13. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 2: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Retired federal agent Jack Bauer is pulled back into field work after CTU learns of an impending nuclear attack in Los Angeles, while Kim's new job as a nanny takes an unexpected turn for the worse.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 1,839

14. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: Deadly Threat (2002)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In the 1980s, Florida's cocaine imports were among the highest in the nation and regional territories were enforced with intimidation and murder. One dealer would stop at nothing to keep ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: James Kallstrom, Susan Rae, Anthony D. Call, Craig Abraham

Votes: 28

15. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: French Twist (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a known terrorist comes to Miami the team tries to find him. And an Interpol operative comes to assist them. Crockett is taken with her but Tubbs thinks there's something odd about her.

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

Votes: 428

16. Oz (1997–2003)
Episode: Cruel and Unusual Punishments (1999)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

With Cyril scheduled to box Pancamo, O'Reily plans to use his spray-bottle trick, but first he must deal with Cudney. Alvarez sees the photos of Rivera's gouged-out eyes and goes nuts. New ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Kinney | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney

Votes: 1,994

17. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: Shield of Honor (1973)

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

Detectives Stone and Keller investigate how a contract killer obtained inside information on the movement of a mob witness.

Director: Eric Till | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Mariette Hartley, Robert Foxworth

Votes: 138

18. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: The Thin Red Line (2008)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

CBI is forced to work with two Davis police officers to solve a double homicide involving a star witness in a drug trial. However, CBI soon suspects that the officers may have a connection to the other victim in the case.

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,709

19. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Challenged (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A intellectually disabled man who witnessed a murder holds the key to revealing the victim's shocking family secret, as well as shocking information about the identity of the killer.

Director: Fred Berner | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache

Votes: 278

20. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Iceman: Trapping a Serial Killer Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

For many years, the Iceman--Richard Kuklinski--had literally gotten away with murder, but now investigators were on to him.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Dominick Polifrone, Jay Dobyns, Bill Sanderson

Votes: 20

21. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Blood for Blood (2011)

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

A protected witness under Van Pelt's watch who is set to testify against a drug dealer is shot and killed, and the key to solving the mystery may involve getting to the victim's daughter's repressed memories.

Director: Martha Mitchell | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,292

22. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: The Hardcore Fates of 10 Infamous Mobsters (2022)

10 min | Documentary

The life a hit man or mob boss is a dangerous one. Here are a few of the nastier ones who found the table turned.

Star: Simon Whistler

23. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode: Working Girls (2012)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Erin's witness in the murder trial of a violent mobster is killed before giving testimony. Due to a leak, the next witness is threatened, but protected by Danny and Jack. Erin is offered the Deputy Mayor's position, but she declines.

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 437

24. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Days of Wine and Roses (2013)

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

A senator's daughter's corpse is found on the street. Patrick quickly traces the murder to Dr. Michael Rubin's rehab clinic. There's no shortage of suspects and possible motives, including ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,291

25. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Little Red Corvette (2013)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tommy Volker stays one step ahead of agent Lisbon with the help of an inside source, but the team is on the trail of a possible witness to one of his murders.

Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,413

26. Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode: Haircut for a Mob Boss (2023)

Crime

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Frank DiMatteo, Michael Cannell, Colm Meaney, Shane Serrano

27. The Spoils of Babylon (2014)
Episode: The Rise of the Empire (2014)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Jonrosh's (Ferrell) epic story continues as growth of the Morehouse Conglomeration further confuses the forbidden love between Devon (Maguire) & Cynthia (Wiig). Cynthia makes a reckless business decision and Devon wages war against her.

Director: Matt Piedmont | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Alba, Haley Joel Osment

Votes: 133

28. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Stewmaker (No. 161) (2013)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a witness in the murder trial of a ruthless cartel boss disappears, Red (James Spader) leads Liz (Megan Boone) and Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) on a search for the Blacklist's No. 161, a gruesome hit man known as the Stewmaker.

Director: Vincent Misiano | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 3,528

29. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: The Whites of His Eyes (2015)

TV-14 | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jane worries for Lisbon's safety when the team puts itself in the line of fire to protect the witness in a murder investigation from a skilled assassin.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Rockmond Dunbar

Votes: 1,145

30. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: James W. Wagner, Leone J. Flosi, Kent Clifford, Douglas P. Roller

Votes: 8

31. Maigret (2016–2017)
Episode: Maigret: Night at the Crossroads (2017)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Maigret: Night at the Crossroads tells a complex tale of murder, deceit and greed set in an isolated country community.

Director: Sarah Harding | Stars: Ben Caplan, Katherine Kanter, Robin Weaver, Wanda Opalinska

Votes: 4,440

32. BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016–2021)
Episode: The Mysterious Death of Tupac Shakur Part 1 (2016)

TV-MA | 10 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime

Who killed West Coast rap icon Tupac Shakur?

Director: Ryan Bergara | Stars: Ryan Bergara, Brent Bennett, Daysha Edewi

Votes: 104