Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "crime-lab"

1. Bones (2005–2017)

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

F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.

Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne

Votes: 176,219

2. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)

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

In Las Vegas, a squad of forensic investigators are trained to solve crimes by meticulously examining the evidence. They employ advanced technology and their rationality to detect the perpetrators.

Stars: William Petersen, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, George Eads

Votes: 89,105

3. CSI: Vegas (2021–2024)

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

Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.

Stars: Matt Lauria, Paula Newsome, Mandeep Dhillon, Jay Lee

Votes: 9,423

4. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)

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

An elite unit, led by an ex-homicide cop, which is linked to the Miami-Dade Police Department, uses all possible resources and skills at their disposal to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami.

Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Rex Linn

Votes: 61,198

5. CSI: NY (2004–2013)

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

Forensic scientists and investigators of the New York City Police Department unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths.

Stars: Gary Sinise, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper, Eddie Cahill

Votes: 49,587

6. Conviction (II) (2010)

R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Thomas D. Mahard

Votes: 46,000 | Gross: $6.78M

7. Twisted (I) (2004)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn

Votes: 23,104 | Gross: $25.20M

8. He Walked by Night (1948)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.

Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell

Votes: 6,703

9. Monster Squad (1976)

30 min | Adventure, Family, Horror

When trouble arises, three monster wax figures come to life to battle evil.

Stars: Henry Polic II, Buck Kartalian, Mike Lane, Fred Grandy

Votes: 246

10. Rocket Squad (1956)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a futuristic city, Detectives Monday and Tuesday pursue a wanted criminal.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 645

11. Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

SFPD Captain Mike Stone investigates the disappearance of his old partner Steve Keller.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Karl Malden, Debrah Farentino, Conor O'Farrell, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 224

12. A Life Interrupted (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama, History

After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law.

Director: Stefan Pleszczynski | Stars: Lea Thompson, Anthony Lemke, Cindy Busby, Éléonore Lamothe

Votes: 285

13. The Glass Cage (1964)

84 min | Mystery

Two detectives investigate the murder of a local businessman by a mysterious woman.

Director: Antonio Santean | Stars: Arlene Martel, John Hoyt, Elisha Cook Jr., Bob Kelljan

Votes: 120

14. The Kids from C.A.P.E.R. (1976–1977)

30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The adventures of a teenage detective organization.

Stars: Steve Bonino, Cosie Costa, Biff Warren, John Lansing

Votes: 61

15. Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)

Passed | 57 min | Drama

The killing of Mayor Palmer is being placed on Paul Moody by fingerprint expert Jim Stover as Moody's prints were found on the murder weapon. When reporter Brad Evans places doubt in ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan, Sid Melton, Tom Neal

Votes: 201

16. Suicide Notes (2013)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy

Down on his luck playwright, Julian Parker, has written a play in which the lead character commits suicide in the final scene. The only way he can get it produced is when a money hungry ... See full summary »

Director: Travis Ammons | Stars: Lou Martini Jr., Sue Rock, Jared Doreck, Travis Ammons

Votes: 32

17. Easter (2023–2024)

Approved | Mystery

The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.

Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino

18. The Last Alarm (1940)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A veteran firefighter is forced to retire at age 65 by the Fire Department.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hull, Polly Ann Young, Mary Gordon

Votes: 227

19. Safety Geeks: SVI (2009– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A semi-elite team investigates accidents in a surreal universe and generally make things worse before they get better.

Stars: David Beeler, Tom Konkle, Brittney Powell, Benton Jennings

Votes: 108

20. Deteqtivebi (2010– )

45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

The investigated crimes are various: robberies, serial murders, family violence, minor felonies, drug-trafficking, maniac crimes, trafficking.

Stars: Zaza Iakashvili, Lela Meburishvili, Dimitri Tatishvili, Levan Jibgashvili

Votes: 53

21. They're Always Caught (1938)

Approved | 22 min | Short, Crime

Shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Stanley Ridges, John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt, Charles Waldron

Votes: 235

22. EM Embalming (1999)

96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After the head of the corpse of a teenager she's restoring is stolen, an embalmer encounters the organ black market and a necrotomic religious cult.

Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Masatoshi Matsuo, Yutaka Matsushige, Hitomi Miwa

Votes: 261

23. Huntingdon

Action, Crime, Drama | Announced

When several former clients of renowned defense attorney Rob Thorne begin to turn up dead, the counselor collides with his primary detractor, the police department's top homicide investigator Bill Shanahan.

Director: Alexander Emmert | Stars: Christina DeRosa, Kristen DeLuca, Julianna Barninger, Melantha Blackthorne

24. You're a Trooper (1955)

11 min | Short

Two young New Jersey state troopers stop a passing car. Then a flashback to nine hours before - a car accident investigation. We're then shown the different trails and leads of detective work, proving that these troopers know their job.

Director: Justin Herman | Star: Ward Wilson

25. Paramount Paragraphics: Crime Fighters (1938)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Crime

A look at the training methods of the San Francisco police department, showing how the young police officers are trained and equipped to fight crime. The course of intensive study covers, ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie M. Roush | Star: Alois Havrilla

26. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008 Video Game)

Unrated | Mystery

Add a Plot

Director: Aaron Priest | Stars: Stephen A. Davanis, Sarah Stage, Kevin Dorian, Robin Tweed

Votes: 24

27. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1991)

TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Victoria Winters arrives at Collinwood, a Gothic mansion on a cliff overlooking the ocean near the small seaport Maine town of Collinsport, as the recently hired governess to the 10-... See full summary »

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Ben Cross, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe, Joanna Going

Votes: 94

28. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: SWAK (2005)

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

Tony opens a letter, literally SWAK, dispersing a fine white powder; the gang does the drill. Kate and Tony get a free trip to Bethesda. Gibbs and company find both the bad lady and the solution of a two-year-old rape case at the USNA.

Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 1,371

29. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode: One Thousand Eyes (1956)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A police researcher, using a newly developed camera, solves the murders of a renowned scientist and the prime suspect in the scientist's death.

Director: Paul Guilfoyle | Stars: Truman Bradley, Vincent Price, Jean Byron, Bruce Wendell

Votes: 46

30. Silk Stalkings (1991–1999)
Episode: Pirates of Palm Beach (1997)

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

A private investigator's death while scuba diving leads Cassy and Tom to pirates salvaging sunken treasures.

Director: Charles Siebert | Stars: Janet Gunn, Chris Potter, Charlie Brill, Eric Scott Woods

Votes: 19

31. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: The Birthday Surprise (1987)

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

When Vinnie's young cousin, a boxer, is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Vinnie jeopardizes his cover by going to "legals" -- the coroner, the homicide cops -- to get them moving on what he knows was a murder.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, Ray Sharkey

Votes: 68

32. The Tick (1994–1997)
Episode: The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account (1995)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Terror meets The Tick for the first time, and tries to take over The City.

Director: Art Vitello | Stars: Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Kay Lenz, Cam Clarke

Votes: 81

33. Dead Silent (2016–2021)
Episode: His Blue Light (2021)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

In the mid-to-late 1990s, a sexual predator police dub "The Blue Light Rapist" goes on a serial attack spree across Arkansas. As authorities scramble to stop him in his tracks, he sets his sights on seventeen-year-old Shannon Woods.

Director: Jacob Vaughan | Stars: Kelsey Rose Healey, Andy Gion, Shayna Benardo, Tom Clark

Votes: 15

34. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: I, Murdoch (2009)

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

A young boy witnesses what sounds like a robot and men with guns near the creek where he was fishing, but no one at the precinct quite believes him.

Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 358

35. The Closer (2005–2012)
Episode: Make Over (2009)

Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Major Crimes runs into a problem when it is forced to reopen an old murder case and discovers that the detective who closed it (Provenza's ex-partner) had a sex change and is now a woman.

Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett

Votes: 371

36. The Adventures of Batman (1968–1969)
Episode: The Jigsaw Jeopardy/Wrath of the Riddler (1968)

Animation, Action, Adventure

The Dynamic Duo battles crime in Gotham City.

Stars: Bud Collyer, Bob Hastings, Jackson Beck, Jack Grimes

Votes: 34

37. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: Baby Blue (2012)

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

When Moretti gets released from prison, Carter and Mr. Reese team up to protect him from Elias. Meanwhile, Finch's new number belongs to a six month old baby girl.

Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 3,491

38. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode: Na La 'Ilio (2017)

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

McGarrett and Five-0 help save an injured police dog and in turn use him to find who killed his partner and ambushed his team making a drug bust. McGarrett receives a visit by a former SEAL, who asks McGarrett for a job on the task force.

Director: Tara Miele | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Meaghan Rath, Jorge Garcia

Votes: 516

39. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode: Forensic Science (2017)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

John Oliver talks President Trump's inability to organize Puerto Rican disaster relief, the proposed Republican tax reform, and the shortcomings of forensic science - offering a glimpse at how CSI shows might be made more realistic.

Director: Christopher Werner | Stars: John Oliver, David Kaye, Robert John Burke, Josh Charles

Votes: 291

40. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode: He Kaha Lu'u Ke Ala, Mai Ho'okolo Aku (2017)

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

McGarrett poses as a pilot to investigate the cause of a plane crash that led to the death of a pilot in an air race.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath

Votes: 417

41. S.W.A.T. (2017– )
Episode: 1000 Joules (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Hondo and his team are given a wide berth while attempting to retrieve stolen evidence from the police lab.

Director: David Rodriguez | Stars: Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman, Alex Russell, Lina Esco

Votes: 432

42. Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
Episode: A.K.A. I Did Something Today (2019)

TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a shocking blow, Jessica's forced to choose between protecting Trish and destroying Sallinger. Jeri seizes a chance to get back in Kith's life.

Director: Jennifer Getzinger | Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Benjamin Walker

Votes: 1,918

43. DNA (2019– )
Episode: Minna (2019)

39 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rolf Larsen is an investigator at Vestegnens Police, and married to Maria. Just as Rolf is looking forward to a few days alone with his daughter, work demands his attention: a little girl, Minna, has been kidnapped.

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Zofia Wichlacz, Charlotte Rampling, Olivia Joof Lewerissa

Votes: 182

44. DNA (2019– )
Episode: Tranummanden (2019)

39 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A simple stolen car in Tornby introduces Rolf to the young police assistant Neel. He is reluctantly ordered by their joint boss to test the car thief's DNA with his old colleagues in Copenhagen.

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Zofia Wichlacz, Charlotte Rampling, Olivia Joof Lewerissa

Votes: 152

45. DNA (2019– )
Episode: Babylugen (2019)

42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rolf and Neel have found serious errors in the Danish DNA register. The Minna case reopens, and Rolf and his former boss, Astrid Oxlev, are to assist French police with investigator Claire Bobain in the lead.

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Zofia Wichlacz, Charlotte Rampling, Olivia Joof Lewerissa

Votes: 146