Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Robert Murphy

1. Vera (2011–2025)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.

Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones, Kenny Doughty

Votes: 20,178

2. Shetland (2013– )

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

A local police team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.

Stars: Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson, Lewis Howden, Douglas Henshall

Votes: 26,000

3. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A shy and enigmatic Detective Sergeant is partnered with a wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector to solve crimes in the historic city of Bath.

Stars: Jason Watkins, Tala Gouveia, Lily Sacofsky, Jack Riddiford

Votes: 7,325

4. Strike Back (2010–2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.

Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Michelle Lukes, Daniel MacPherson

Votes: 33,526

5. DCI Banks (2010–2016)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tenacious and stubborn DCI Alan Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.

Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz

Votes: 9,156

6. Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)

TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases.

Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard, Lisa McGrillis

Votes: 8,545

7. Rebus (2000–2004)

TV-PG | 1,218 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set in Edinburgh, the mercurial Detective Inspector John Rebus's investigations lead him through the city's ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters.

Stars: Ken Stott, Claire Price, Jennifer Black, Gregor Gillespie

Votes: 2,251

8. Murder City (2004–2006)

TV-14 | 699 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

British police drama that revolves around two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases.

Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Connor McIntyre, Laura Main

Votes: 732

9. Meadowlands (2007)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A married couple and their teenage twins move to Meadowlands, a friendly and seemingly safe suburban town, to start a new life. Here, they will soon realize that secrets and mysteries are plentiful, and past is a difficult thing to bury.

Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 1,292

10. The Near Room (1995)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

Charlie Colquhoun is a journalist whose career is floundering. As a teenager, he fathered a daughter, Tommy, who was committed to foster care as an infant. Seventeen years later, Charlie, ... See full summary »

Director: David Hayman | Stars: Adrian Dunbar, David O'Hara, David Hayman, Julie Graham

Votes: 224

11. Losing Gemma (2006)

180 min | Drama

Esther and Gemma set out on a trip to India with a couple that they meet. When Esther is suspected of a murder, Gemma disappears.

Stars: Alice Eve, Rachel Leskovac, Jason Flemyng, Jonas Armstrong

Votes: 123

12. January 2nd (2006)

95 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama

You know you are in trouble when your girl friends put up an organization chart to explain why you were invited to the New Years Party in the country ... Only in Britain can the New Years ... See full summary »

Director: Matt Winn | Stars: Josephine Butler, Andrew Clover, Rachel Fielding, Ruth Gemmell

Votes: 28

13. Gang of One

Drama | Announced

One man's incredible journey from a Glasgow orphanage to a notorious gang-infested prison in Texas. A true story.

14. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Big City Small World (2004)

TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A drive-by shooting apparently kills a businessman, but the plot deepens and thickens when it's found he was murdered in three different ways.

Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Connor McIntyre, Laura Main

Votes: 59

15. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: The Critical Path (2004)

TV-14 | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Susan works the case of missing, and presumed dead, teenager with interference from an American psychic, whilst Luke has to get into the head of a killer who seems to have pulled off the perfect crime.

Director: Sam Miller | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Geff Francis, Connor McIntyre

Votes: 109

16. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Happy Families (2004)

TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The discovery of legs at a rubbish dump sends the team in different directions as more and more leads turn up, and Turner battles with another chief over who bears the expense for all the searches.

Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Geff Francis, Laura Main

Votes: 79

17. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Mr. Right (2004)

TV-14 | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lukes involvement in his case is so intense it jeopardizes his objectivity, and Susan and Adrian must deal with a prisoner to find a murderer.

Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Connor McIntyre, Laura Main

Votes: 65

18. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Nothing Sacred (2004)

TV-14 | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The brutal murder of an art dealer leads down some mystical paths, and Luke into the arms of a possible suspect.

Director: Sam Miller | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Geff Francis, Connor McIntyre

Votes: 60

19. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Wives and Lovers (2006)

TV-14 | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The police investigate the death of a woman who, on first appearance seems to have jumped off the roof of a building. Unfortunately, she lands on a young man standing at the entrance to the... See full summary »

Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Laura Main, Connor McIntyre

Votes: 63

20. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Under the Skin (2004)

TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Luke is fascinated by a skull found at a construction site, but the mystery behind the skull may be more fascinating than its identity.

Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Geff Francis, Connor McIntyre

Votes: 81

21. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Just Seventeen (2006)

TV-14 | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The police are investigating two deaths. DI Alembic and DC Frank Connor looks into the death of Vernon Duffy who was found tied to a tree and shot. Duffy was a sex offender who had recently... See full summary »

Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Connor McIntyre, Amber Aga

Votes: 48

22. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Death of a Ladies' Man (2006)

TV-14 | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The police investigate two crimes. The first is a hit and run accident instantly killing Greg Osborn, who had just made a purchase at a bakery. The policed soon conclude that Osborn was ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Laura Main, Connor McIntyre

Votes: 54

23. Murder City (2004–2006)
Episode: Game Over (2006)

TV-14 | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The police investigate the murder of Alice Fielding who is found strangled in her flat. As they investigate her friends and acquaintances they find that her old boyfriend is now dating her ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Connor McIntyre, Amber Aga

Votes: 47

24. Rebus (2000–2004)
Episode: Strip Jack (2006)

TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On the eve of a conference on African poverty, the Chair - millionaire philanthropist and people's champion Gregor Jack - is found with a hooker during a brothel raid. Then his wife Liz is ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Evans | Stars: Ken Stott, Jennifer Black, Claire Price, Annette Westwood

Votes: 141

25. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Pilot (2007)

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

The Brogans arrive in Meadowlands and meet their neighbors: bad boy handyman Jack Donnelly, vivacious and bubbly Brenda, and general practitioner Dr. York, all of whom harbor secrets as potentially devastating as the Brogans' themselves.

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 73

26. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2007)

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

A day that begins with hope for the future ends with tragedy when Mark's experimentation with cross-dressing results in a brutal attack that leaves him traumatized again and Danny reeling from his own murderous rage.

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 52

27. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2007)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Local cop Wintersgill becomes suspicious of Jack Donnelly's absence and begins investigating his disappearance, while Danny and Mark struggle to keep Jack's murder a secret.

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 47

28. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2007)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A vicious psychological game of cat and mouse ensues between Danny and Wintersgill, as Mark has a charged encounter with neighbor Brenda and Evelyn learns a shocking truth that affects both her past and future.

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 46

29. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2007)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Danny's handlers frame Ormond for Jack's murder, while Evelyn pleads with Dr. York to lie about Danny's fertility test results, and Zoe undertakes an investigation of Jack's death with the help of former journalist Tom Tyrell.

Director: Paul Walker | Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 42

30. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2007)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Danny attempts to decipher the truth about Cape Wrath, while Samantha's visit with her dying father reveals more of the history behind Meadowlands, and the romantic triangle between York, Abigail and Evelyn takes a disturbing turn.

Director: Paul Walker | Stars: Sian Brooke, Ralph Brown, Lucy Cohu, Emma Davies

Votes: 41

31. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2007)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

York is tortured by his past and by his feelings for Evelyn. Doing the right thing has got him nowhere and so he gives her an ultimatum - either she sleeps with him or he tells Danny.

Director: Andrew Gunn | Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 35

32. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2007)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Danny makes his plans to leave, but to convince his family to come over with him he has to tell them everything. The painful truth about Danny's relationship to his children is finally revealed, as is the shocking location of Meadowlands.

Director: Andrew Gunn | Stars: David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, Ralph Brown, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 35

33. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: The Fall of the House of Crockett (2020)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

When a homeless man is shot in the deserted mansion of one of Bath's most prominent industrialists, the inventor Max Crockett, newly arrived Londoner DCI McDonald and long-serving DS Dodds rally together to try and discover the killer.

Director: Richard Senior | Stars: Sebastian Knapp, Robert Lindsay, Natalie Mendoza, Jason Watkins

Votes: 760

34. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: A Wilderness of Mirrors (2020)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Adjusting to life in Bath, DCI McDonald and partner DS Dodds are called to the Mara Retreat, a private rehabilitation clinic, to investigate the mysterious death of a wealthy patient.

Director: Laura Scrivano | Stars: Suzanne Packer, Joanna Scanlan, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Caroline Catz

Votes: 640

35. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: The Man Who Wasn't There (2021)

Not Rated | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Five people go up in a hot air balloon, but only four return alive.

Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Jason Watkins, Tala Gouveia, Jack Riddiford, James Murray

Votes: 627

36. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: We Need to Talk About Doreen (2021)

Not Rated | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A birthday weekend away goes devastatingly wrong when Angela and four of her friends travel down from Glasgow to celebrate in Bath.

Director: Rebecca Rycroft | Stars: Joy McAvoy, Sharon Rooney, Shelley Conn, Kat Ronney

Votes: 489

37. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: The War of Rose (2021)

Not Rated | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A social media influencer Rose Boleyn elects to have plastic surgery at a clinic run by soon to be divorced couple Al and Mariel. After tragedy strikes, McDonald and Dodds are brought in to investigate the clinic and its staff.

Director: Ian Aryeh | Stars: Rosie Day, Andrew Greenough, Rhashan Stone, Sarah Parish

Votes: 408

38. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: Belvedere (2022)

Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The chalk-and-cheese police partners are tasked with untangling the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a young woman in a busy park in broad daylight, surrounded by witnesses and with a spooky smile on her face.

Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Caoimhe O'Malley, Alan Davies, Tala Gouveia, Charlie Jones

Votes: 468

39. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: A Billion Beats (2022)

Not Rated | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A talented Formula One race car driver is murdered while training. Everything points to a mechanic at the track as the killer. Meanwhile, Lauren's ex-lover at Metro tries to lure her 'undercover.'

Director: Isher Sahota | Stars: Paul McGann, Daisy Bevan, Paul Forman, Bluey Robinson

Votes: 367

40. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Episode: Clouds Across the Moon (2022)

Not Rated | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

On All Souls' Day, a successful Bath businessman is found dead in a shallow grave. There is no shortage of suspects: a local artist, a mysterious IT consultant, a psychic, and incredibly - Lauren's own unassuming Sgt. Dodds.

Director: Sasha Ransome | Stars: Max Bennett, Gerran Howell, Charlie Jones, Lily Sacofsky

Votes: 347

41. Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode: Afghanistan: Part One (2010)

TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Porter is sent to Afghanistan to find a computer hacker who has cracked the British army's missile guidance codes. The hacker has successfully found a way to redirect missiles to strike American forces.

Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Richard Armitage, Andrew Lincoln, Jodhi May, Shelley Conn

Votes: 562

42. Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode: Afghanistan: Part Two (2010)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Porter is sent to Afghanistan to find a computer hacker who has cracked the British army's missile guidance codes. The hacker has successfully found a way to redirect missiles to strike American forces.

Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Richard Armitage, Andrew Lincoln, Jodhi May, Shelley Conn

Votes: 584

43. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Aftermath: Part 1 (2010)

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

A police officer is killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. When DCI Alan Banks is called to investigate the grisly scene, he discovers it's the home of a serial rapist and murderer.

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Monica Dolan, Sian Breckin, Michael Keogh, Charlotte Riley

Votes: 562

44. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Aftermath: Part 2 (2010)

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

Thanks to a Chief Superintendent who is obsessed with damage-limitation, Janet is charged with manslaughter though Annie makes sure that she gets off. A friend of the missing Leanne leads ... See full summary »

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Samuel Roukin, David Smith

Votes: 473

45. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Playing with Fire: Part 1 (2011)

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

Two bodies are found after a fire on some narrow boats and Banks and DS Annie Cabbot find themselves on the trail of an arsonist who has killed two people.

Director: Paul Whittington | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Lorraine Burroughs, Jack Deam

Votes: 417

46. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Playing with Fire: Part 2 (2011)

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

Banks gets a warning for hitting Aspen,after which more money and forgeries are found at the burnt out scene of McMahon's murder.Banks deduces that Gerry,Christina's girl-friend,is one of ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Whittington | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Lorraine Burroughs, Jack Deam

Votes: 383

47. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Cold Is the Grave: Part 1 (2011)

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

A case terrifyingly close to home occurs as Banks is asked by his boss to find his missing teenage daughter.

Director: Marek Losey | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Lorraine Burroughs, Jack Deam

Votes: 367

48. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Cold Is the Grave: Part 2 (2011)

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

Banks and Cabbot come to suspect one of their team may be implicated in a criminal conspiracy.

Director: Marek Losey | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Lorraine Burroughs, Jack Deam

Votes: 346

49. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Strange Affair: Part 1 (2012)

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

A new case becomes personal when Banks discovers that his brother Roy is missing and Roy's girlfriend has been shot dead.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz, Lorraine Burroughs

Votes: 365

50. DCI Banks (2010–2016)
Episode: Dry Bones That Dream: Part 1 (2012)

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

Banks is called in to investigate the death of a mild-mannered accountant who appears to be the victim of a contract killing.

Director: Jim Loach | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Caroline Catz, Lorraine Burroughs, Jack Deam

Votes: 326