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1. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 200,550
2. Gone Girl (2014)
R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
Votes: 1,067,140 | Gross: $167.77M
3. Cold Case (2003–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she's assigned "cold cases," older crimes that have never been solved.
Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 31,474
4. Wild Things (1998)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students.
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon, Denise Richards
Votes: 130,686 | Gross: $29.75M
5. Now You See Me (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 708,271 | Gross: $117.72M
6. Ocean's Twelve (2004)
PG-13 | 125 min | Crime, Thriller
Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001).
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 414,004 | Gross: $125.54M
7. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,185
8. Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Full-time detectives Nick and Audrey are struggling to get their private eye agency off the ground. They find themselves at the center of international abduction when their friend Maharaja is kidnapped at his own lavish wedding.
Director: Jeremy Garelick | Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 68,789
9. Stranger (2017–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With the help of a gutsy female detective, a prosecutor who has almost lost the ability to feel emotions tackles a strange murder case amid political corruption.
Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Bae Doona, Lee Jun-hyuk, Jeon Bae-soo
Votes: 10,121
10. The General's Daughter (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
Director: Simon West | Stars: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 63,826 | Gross: $102.71M
11. The International (I) (2009)
R | 118 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen
Votes: 100,007 | Gross: $25.45M
12. Deadwind (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Sofia Karppi discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life--again.
Stars: Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo, Noa Tola
Votes: 13,049
13. The Happytime Murders (2018)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
Director: Brian Henson | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker
Votes: 30,370 | Gross: $20.71M
14. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 25,105 | Gross: $19.75M
15. Bad Samaritan (2018)
R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero
Votes: 26,098 | Gross: $3.44M
16. Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne (2008)
TV-MA | 276 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Rin Asogi runs a private investigation agency in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, performing odd jobs. Despite attempts at a normal life, she finds herself constantly hindered by the strange cases that come her way.
Stars: Mamiko Noto, Rie Kugimiya, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jamie Marchi
Votes: 2,247
17. The Killing Gene (2007)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Melissa George, Ashley Walters, Tom Hardy
Votes: 9,336
18. B: The Beginning (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime
In this anime series, scientists hope "new humans" will create universal peace, but they're kidnapped by an evil group with very different plans.
Stars: Asami Seto, Hiroaki Hirata, Yûki Kaji, Hiroki Tôchi
Votes: 5,569
19. Like.Share.Follow. (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Gers | Stars: Keiynan Lonsdale, Ema Horvath, Abraham Benrubi, Michael Boatman
Votes: 2,380
20. No Mercy (2010)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Despite being nearly proven the murderer, a serial killer threatens to kill the daughter of a forensic pathologist if he doesn't get him bailed out.
Director: Hyeong-Joon Kim | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Ryu Seung-beom, Han Hye-jin, Sung Ji-ru
Votes: 9,466
21. Les témoins (2014– )
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Set in a small coastal village in France, this is a quiet thriller of crime and dark secrets. The opening sequence takes place in a house just put out for sale. In it, the discovery of what... See full summary »
Stars: Marie Dompnier, Jan Hammenecker, Alexandre Carrière, Florence Bolufer
Votes: 2,636
22. So Close (2002)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.
Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Shu Qi, Wei Zhao, Karen Mok, Song Seung-heon
Votes: 8,037 | Gross: $0.08M
23. Thick as Thieves (1999)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A thief is betrayed after a well done job in Detroit. Returning to Chicago, he decides on revenge. Things escalate.
Director: Scott Sanders | Stars: Mark Adair-Rios, Khandi Alexander, Erich Anderson, Cecil 'Shuckey Duckey' Armstrong
Votes: 2,726
24. Paula Peril: The Invisible Evil (2010)
PG | 20 min | Short, Adventure, Mystery
The brutal murder of two mobsters leads intrepid reporter Paula "Peril" Perillo and photographer Jimmy Smith to investigate a mysterious downtown building.
Director: Benjamin Barak | Stars: Valerie Perez, Marla Malcolm, Matt Perello, Stacey Turner
Votes: 19
25. Vehicle for Revenge (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
When a law school student hails an app-based car service and is assaulted by her driver, she becomes a NetCar driver herself and goes on a vigilante crusade to find and catch her assailant.
Director: John Stimpson | Stars: Danielle Savre, Jackson Davis, Francia Raisa, Christina Elmore
Votes: 1,146
26. Killing Mr. Griffin (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Thriller, Drama
A hated teacher is kidnapped by high school students as a prank. He's killed - but by whom?
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Scott Bairstow, Amy Jo Johnson, Mario Lopez, Chris Young
Votes: 1,071
27. Nightmare Detective (2006)
Unrated | 106 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Andô, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 2,752
28. Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane, George Meeker
Votes: 896
29. Malevolent (2002)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Detective Jack Lucas, a harried, self-hating, Los Angeles police detective races against the clock to clear his name when he's framed for a series of killings committed by a crafty serial killer, who targets him as his latest fall guy.
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Edoardo Ballerini, Kari Wuhrer, Gwen McGee
Votes: 598
30. Forest of Death (2007)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
In a mysterious forest in Thailand, many suicidal youths disappear and rescue teams cannot find the way out even with compasses. Ambitious reporter May is making sensationalist journalism ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Pang | Stars: Shu Qi, Ekin Cheng, Choi Wah 'Rain' Lee, Siu-Ming Lau
Votes: 591
31. Citizen (2001)
Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Antony assumes several identities and kidnaps three government officials in order to succeed in his secret mission. However, a CBI officer sets out to find the real identity of the kidnapper.
Director: Saravana Subaiya | Stars: Vasundhara Das, Devan, Cochin Hanifa, Ajith Kumar
Votes: 3,551
32. The Man from Beijing (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 180 min | Thriller
A cold day in January 2006. The police make a horrible discovery in the Swedish town of Hudiksvall: In one night, 18 people have been brutally murdered in the small town. The police suspect... See full summary »
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Suzanne von Borsody, Michael Nyqvist, Claudia Michelsen, Amy Cheng
Votes: 620
33. The Poker Club (2008)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four friends discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the kitchen during their weekly poker night.
Director: Tim McCann | Stars: Johnny Messner, Michael Risley, Jana Kramer, Lenny Levi
Votes: 431
34. Warrior of Justice (1995)
R | 89 min | Action
A karate expert enters a deadly underground tournament to avenge one of his students who was killed there and stop the disgraced marshal arts champion who organized this deadly competition.
Directors: Jorgo Ognenovski, Mike Tristano | Stars: Jorgo Ognenovski, Jorge Rivero, Richard Lynch, Shari Blum
Votes: 89
35. A Lover's Revenge (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A radio psychologist gives some advice to a distraught woman desperate to escape from an abusive partner.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Alexandra Paul, William R. Moses, Gary Hudson, Sonya Salomaa
Votes: 480
36. Stuk! (2014)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Elizabeth, a voluptuous, shy and unpopular girl, is the object of ridicule at school by the cool in-crowd. Her life spirals downward after the death of her only friend, her grandmother. But... See full summary »
Director: Steven de Jong | Stars: Amin Ait Bihi, Mees Bink, Sanneke Bos, Yolanthe Cabau
Votes: 259
37. Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After Hildegarde proves that the accidental riding death on a Central Park bridle path is really murder, she's faced with a plethora of red herrings and a real killer.
Directors: William Hamilton, Edward Killy | Stars: James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer, Owen Davis Jr.
Votes: 528
38. I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A cricket team are dismissed by a moustachioed serial killer with a razor sharp cricket glove and an arsenal of sharpened stumps. One by one the killer exacts revenge for the torment he endured 20 years earlier.
Directors: Stacey Edmonds, Doug Turner | Stars: Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, Az Jackson, David Gambin
Votes: 590
39. Empathy (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
On the same day Jimmy Collins is released from prison, he discovers that he has a remarkable psychic-ability. He gets visions when he touches people or their belongings. He sees what they ... See full summary »
Director: David Richards | Stars: Simon Armstrong, Nick Bartlett, Amber Beattie, Brian Cowan
Votes: 150
40. TWINS IN CRIME (2023)
72 min | Mystery, Thriller
Ines's life is turned upside down after receiving her twin's naked photo. Exploited by a relentless blackmailer who plays the game hard.
Directors: Shae Mostinckx, Tantane | Stars: Louise Buysschaert, Freek Meeusen, Ivan Pecnik, Victor Peeters
Votes: 14
41. Zivé terce (2019)
Crime, Mystery
Stars: Klára Melísková, Stanislav Majer, Igor Orozovic, Tomás Dastlík
Votes: 83
42. Maldita cocaína - Cacería en Punta del Este (2001)
91 min | Crime, Thriller
A father searches for the drug dealers responsible for his daughter's murder and abducts a beautiful woman who he believes is the girlfriend of one of the goons. The woman turns out to be ... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Rodríguez | Stars: Osvaldo Laport, Juan Manuel Tenuta, Elizabeth Bradley, Edward Nutkiewicz
Votes: 32
43.
Marple (2004–2013)
Episode:
The Sittaford Mystery
(2006)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The death of the presumptive future Prime Minister is predicted during a séance in a snowbound country hotel, and he is found stabbed to death in his room the next morning.
Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Timothy Dalton, Robert Hickson, Robert Hardy
Votes: 1,889
44.
Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode:
Saving Patrick Bubley
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Brothers are being killed one by one as they grow to their teens. Flashbacks show how the family enjoyed Thanksgiving together until the killings started and the mother got addicted to drugs.
Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 432
45.
Linda (1984– )
Episode:
Tüzes babák
(1990)
47 min | Comedy, Crime
Linda is too busy at work, has not much time on Tamás, so she let him choose her newest case from a newspaper, and he picks an article about shop-window fires around Budapest. Seems to be a... See full summary »
Directors: György Gát, Miklós Szurdi | Stars: Nóra Görbe, Béla Szerednyey, Tamás Vayer, Miklós Tolnay
Votes: 14
46.
Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2012)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is run over by a train dissected into two on the tracks. All indications are that this is a murder and not an accident. When it is discovered that the man was involved in another ... See full summary »
Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Keisuke Koide, Yuta Arasawa
Votes: 5