Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "woman-with-a-knife"

1. Spy (2015)

R | 120 min | Action, Comedy

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason Statham

Votes: 259,412 | Gross: $110.83M

2. The Neon Demon (2016)

R | 117 min | Horror, Thriller

An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Karl Glusman

Votes: 104,193 | Gross: $1.33M

3. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman

Votes: 139,581 | Gross: $0.09M

4. Maniac (2012)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

Director: Franck Khalfoun | Stars: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Megan Duffy

Votes: 40,472 | Gross: $0.02M

5. Bolero (1984)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set in the 1920s, a young woman sets out to lose her virginity. Her mission leads her to a Moroccan sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.

Director: John Derek | Stars: Bo Derek, George Kennedy, Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obregón

Votes: 6,080 | Gross: $8.91M

6. The Company of Wolves (1984)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden

Votes: 18,473 | Gross: $4.39M

7. Firewalker (1986)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson

Votes: 7,709 | Gross: $11.83M

8. White Fire (1984)

R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two Russian siblings living in Istanbul, Turkey, who work in the diamond fencing business, scheme to steal the newly discovered legendary diamond White Fire, but their rivals have other plans in mind.

Director: Jean-Marie Pallardy | Stars: Robert Ginty, Fred Williamson, Belinda Mayne, Jess Hahn

Votes: 996

9. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Yayoi Watanabe, Yôko Mihara

Votes: 4,894

10. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Watanabe

Votes: 2,123

11. City of Pirates (1983)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island and encounters a man with multiple personalities.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Hugues Quester, Anne Alvaro, Melvil Poupaud, André Engel

Votes: 1,075

12. Gendai yakuza: Hito-kiri yota (1972)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Crime

A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Mayumi Nagisa, Asao Koike

Votes: 1,246

13. Flesh and the Spur (1956)

Approved | 78 min | Western

A young cowboy searches for the killer of his twin brother.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Agar, Marla English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 159

14. I Didn't Come Here to Die (2010)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror

The story of six young volunteers working on a humanitarian project in the woods. Horrific accidents, rash decisions and the unpredictability of human nature leads them all to the same disturbing conclusion. Volunteer work can be a killer.

Director: Bradley Scott Sullivan | Stars: Indiana Adams, Kurt Cole, Madi Goff, Niko Red Star

Votes: 843

15. Blind Fear (1989)

R | 87 min | Crime, Thriller

Alone, unarmed, and blind, a beautiful young woman awakes to a deadly terror. The abandoned country inn where she is spending the night has become a way station for three psychopathic killers.

Director: Tom Berry | Stars: Shelley Hack, Jack Langedijk, Kim Coates, Heidi von Palleske

Votes: 214

16. Female Ninja - In Bed with the Enemy (1976)

66 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Three female ninjas are recruited by the government to recover a gold treasure robbed by a gang. They go undercover, sometimes nude under bed covers, to investigate and achieve their end, fighting and killing men in unusual ways.

Director: Takayuki Minagawa | Stars: Megumi Hori, Keiko Kinugasa, Maki Tachibana

Votes: 68

17. Cut Her Out (2014)

88 min | Horror, Thriller

Plagued by nightmares and sleepwalking, Darcy can't purge her mind of the abuse her mother inflicted. When her therapist learns that her family home is abandoned, he takes back to face her past, finding a feral boy living there.

Director: Tiffany Heath | Stars: Denton Blane Everett, Tiffany Heath, Jake Heath, Natali Jones

Votes: 136

18. Roommate (II) (2017)

13 min | Short, Thriller

A woman seeking a room to rent is offered a room for free, just splitting utilities with the landlord. There must be a catch, right?

Director: Kirk Cameron | Stars: Sarah Baber, Robert Baulderstone, Kirk Cameron, Isabel Vanhakartano

19. A Family Affair (III) (2021)

Short, Thriller

A jealous and angry woman seeks revenge on her half sister who lived the life she always wanted, but could never have.

Director: CJ Scott | Stars: Josue Hernandez, Rylee Johnson, Teiler Patterson

20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Cure (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Living in the remote tropics are two oil explorers, one of whom is married to a very attractive woman. One night, she tries to stab her husband and he is convinced by his partner that she ... See full summary »

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Nehemiah Persoff, Peter Mark Richman, Cara Williams

Votes: 425

21. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Hello and Goodbye (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Paros represents a widow suing a newsman for allowing her husband to kill himself as the cameras rolled. Meanwhile, Mullaney maintains a hospital bedside vigil for his dying father. Morales... See full summary »

Director: Andre R. Guttfreund | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 23

22. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Where There's a Will (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

McKenzie and Morales pursues a witness Peter Manzo who could clear Frank Osgood whom McKenzie convicted in 1959. Meanwhile, Paros crosses a long-term family friend she is defending in a ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 31

23. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode: The Arabian Affair (1965)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Thrush, at a base in the Middle East, is developing a "vaporizer," which dissolves almost any object. Kuryakin tries to enlist the assistance of a tribe of Arabs to help. Solo, meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Phyllis Newman

Votes: 101

24. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Written in Blood (1998)

TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a noted author speaks before a group of local Midsomer writers, the naked body of the event's host is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,632

25. Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode: A Lance of Straw (1960)

TV-Y7 | 52 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Tod and Buz reach the destination they started for in Episode One, Louisiana, and jobs working as crewmen on a shrimp trawler. However, crewing for a beautiful female captain, the ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Janice Rule, Martin Milner, George Maharis, Thomas Gomez

Votes: 153

26. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode: The Evil Within (1953)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Scientist perfects a chemical unleashing the beast within, but before he can create an antidote, his neglected wife accidentally is dosed when he has to rush a batch home to keep it ... See full summary »

Director: Don Medford | Stars: James Dean, Margaret Phillips, Rod Steiger

Votes: 108

27. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: Masquerade (1961)

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

A family of cannibalistic thieves menace a married couple, the Denhams, but Mr. Denham (Tom Poston) laughs off the scary Southern hotel as a joke. The Denhams became lost on a second ... See full summary »

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elizabeth Montgomery, Tom Poston, John Carradine

Votes: 247

28. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Sex Games (1997)

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

Dead woman found in harbor; Watson saves a diver.

Director: Alister Hallum | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley

Votes: 20

29. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.747 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Jenny is disturbed by seeing Barnabas in his coffin. After Jenny overhears Beth and Quentin talk of their love she attacks Quentin.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Jonathan Frid, David Selby, Marie Wallace

Votes: 31

30. München Mord (2013– )
Episode: Der Letzte seiner Art (2021)

90 min | Crime

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Director: Jan Fehse | Stars: Bernadette Heerwagen, Marcus Mittermeier, Alexander Held, Christoph Süß

Votes: 66

31. Tôkyô zenryoku shôjo (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.11 (2012)

54 min | Comedy

With her father determined to re-marry her mother Urura is after the man to properly break-up with his girlfriends. It is the proper thing to do. She herself is studying law when she is not... See full summary »

Director: Mitsuru Kubota | Stars: Emi Takei, Atsuro Watabe, Shôhei Miura, Takashi Tsukamoto

32. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Church in Ruins (2015)

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

Desperate to locate a missing woman with intel about Caspere, Frank meets with Mexican drug dealers; Ani infiltrates an exclusive inner circle, with Ray and Paul keeping close tabs.

Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 10,111

33. The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016)
Episode: The Purple Pileus (2016)

22 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Timid shopkeeper James Coombes fantasizes about killing his selfish, greedy wife Eveline. Then whilst walking in the woods he discovers the purple pileus, a toadstool with hallucinogenic ... See full summary »

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Leanne Best, Mercedes Grower, Shaun Parkes, Ray Winstone

Votes: 64

34. The Dain Curse (1978)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1978)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Nash solves the mystery, but finds the solution is closer to home than he expected.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Tom Bower, David Canary, Beeson Carroll, James Coburn

Votes: 15

35. The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019)
Episode: Hitler Has Only Got One Ball (2019)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Juliana's instincts about Helen are put to the ultimate test. As San Francisco evacuates, Kido goes in search of his son, only to find himself a captive. A letter arrives, forever changing ... See full summary »

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Alexa Davalos, Joel de la Fuente, Jason O'Mara, Brennan Brown

Votes: 1,299