Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "murder-case"

1. The Frozen Ground (2013)

R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

Director: Scott Walker | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack, Dean Norris

Votes: 67,631

2. 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: 9,175

3. Signal (2016)

80 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A cold-case profiler in 2015 and a detective in 1989 work together to solve a series of related murders spanning three decades using a special walkie-talkie to communicate with each other.

Stars: Lee Jehoon, Kim Hye-su, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Won-hae

Votes: 9,307

4. Beyond Evil (2021– )

TV-MA | 70 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The story of two fearless men who are willing to go through extreme lengths in their pursuit of a returning serial killer. To uncover the murderer's identity, the two are forced to look deeper than what the evidence seems to suggest.

Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Yeo Jin-goo, Choi Dae-hoon, Choi Sung-eun

Votes: 5,380

5. Hailey Dean Mystery (2016–2021)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ex DA's prosecutor, now therapist Hailey Dean and her investigator friend, Finch, solve murder cases.

Stars: Kellie Martin, Viv Leacock, Matthew MacCaull, Lucia Walters

Votes: 671

6. Limbo (II) (2023)

108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.

Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope

Votes: 1,621

7. The Firm (2012)

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

Defense Attorney Mitch McDeere is targeted for execution by the Chicago Mob in retaliation for bringing down a profitable Mob-operated Memphis law firm ten years earlier.

Stars: Josh Lucas, Callum Keith Rennie, Molly Parker, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 6,153

8. The Murders at White House Farm (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Revolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows.

Stars: Freddie Fox, Alexa Davies, Mark Addy, Scott Reid

Votes: 12,064

9. The Night of the 12th (2022)

115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.

Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet

Votes: 9,690

10. Badla (2019)

Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.

Director: Sujoy Ghosh | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Antonio Aakeel, Mark Mansfield

Votes: 30,988 | Gross: $1.86M

11. JFK: What the Doctors Saw (2023)

92 min | Documentary, History

Startling medical observations about JFK's wounds when seven doctors who were in the Parkland Hospital ER reunite to discuss a day none of them can forget.

Director: Barbara Shearer | Stars: Ronald C. Jones, Lawrence E. Klein, Joe D. Goldstrich, Kenneth Salyer

Votes: 574

12. Nightmare Next Door (2011– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

Tells the tales of mysterious murders that rocked small-town America.

Stars: Greg Diefenbach, James Davenjay, Dorian Lough, Tom Gambrill

Votes: 1,089

13. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

The vicissitudes of Gloria, a neurotic housewife, and her family's peculiar characters.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Gonzalo Suárez, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma

Votes: 11,157

14. Tiger Bay (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 3,173

15. Love on the Run (1979)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dani

Votes: 7,541

16. Murder by the Sea (2018– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

Presented by journalist and true crime author Geoffrey Wansell (and later by crime historian Dr Nell Darby), Murder by the Sea examines strange murders recorded at famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.

Stars: Nell Darby, Geoffrey Wansell, Mike Berry, Paul Barnard

Votes: 34

17. Love Me If You Dare (2015–2016)

45 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

Simon is a criminal profiler from the US who returns to China. He hires Jenny to help him with his work, and they fall in love. But a serial-killer stalker is leaving calling cards for Simon in other killers' crime scenes.

Stars: Wallace Huo, Sichun Ma, Zheng Yin, Kai Wang

Votes: 748

18. A Murder in the Family (2023)

142 min | Documentary, Crime

True crime documentary series. Each stand alone film investigates three shocking murders, where the victim and perpetrator are family, telling stories of ordinary relationships that take extraordinary and ultimately tragic turns.

Votes: 107

19. Dearest (2021)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Romance

In 2006, Sanada Rio (Yoshitaka Yuriko) becomes entangled in a crime. Fifteen years later, she is the president of a successful drug development company when she is involved in a murder case.

Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kôhei Matsushita, Arata Iura, Hiroko Yakushimaru

Votes: 435

20. A Question of Silence (1982)

R | 92 min | Drama

When three women with no previous acquaintance kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, the female psychiatrist assigned to the case sets out to understand why.

Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Edda Barends, Nelly Frijda, Henriëtte Tol, Cox Habbema

Votes: 1,150

21. The Crimson Kimono (1959)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Anna Lee

Votes: 3,121

22. Dead Sexy (2001 Video)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.

Director: Robert Angelo | Stars: Shannon Tweed, John Enos III, Sam J. Jones, Mary Shannon

Votes: 913

23. In the Name of the Italian People (1971)

103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A judge investigates the death of a young woman, possibly a murder. He suspects a famous industry tycoon with high political connections. But to what extent do the latter's lies and frauds influence the magistrate's opinion?

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani, Yvonne Furneaux

Votes: 1,712

24. Murdered at First Sight (2022– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

British true crime documentary series telling the first-hand stories of some of the most complex and hard-to-solve murder cases: stranger murders.

Stars: Bryanna Fox, Jeff Edwards, Morgan Bragg, Bill Gore

Votes: 62

25. The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

Approved | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Frank Austin, Stanley Blystone

Votes: 2,055

26. Nightwalker: Midnight Detective (1998)

Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Shido Tatsuhiko is not only a private eye, he is also a vampire with no real memory of his past. Joined by a female government agent, Shido must face demonic creatures known as Nightbreed.

Stars: Takumi Yamazaki, Maaya Sakamoto, Richard Cansino, Mari Devon

Votes: 221

27. Five Star Final (1931)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell

Votes: 2,538

28. Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case: Broken Seventeen-Year-Olds (1995)

76 min | Crime, Horror

A 17-year-old boy, Jo Kamisaku, and three other boys abduct a high school girl Junko Furuta.

Director: Katsuya Matsumura | Stars: Yûjin Kitagawa, Satoru Saitô, Eisuke Sasai

Votes: 153

29. Secrets of the Morgue (2018– )

42 min | Documentary, Crime

"Secrets of the Morgue" explores high-profile murder cases from the perspective of the medical examiner, as they work alongside homicide detectives to bring justice to murder victims and ... See full summary »

Stars: Rory O'Shea, Mark Mendelson, Jooyoung Lee, Jane Turner

Votes: 139

30. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth

Votes: 979

31. The Suitcase Murders (2024– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

The gruesome crimes of killers who dispose of their victims in luggage. Experts identify the sociopathic motivations of these killers and reveal how their attempts to hide their victims offer the clues they need to bring them to justice.

Stars: Stuart Hamilton, Jo Millington, Keri Nixon, Jane Monckton-Smith

Votes: 15

32. Legacy (2008 Video)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a geeky, overweight rushee is found dead at the hottest sorority on the campus, the three most popular girls of the house are prime suspects.

Directors: Jason Dudek, Michael Kolko | Stars: Haylie Duff, Madeline Zima, Monica Lo, Brett Claywell

Votes: 1,066

33. Murder in Batz (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Manon cleans-up crime scenes to fund her medical studies. One day she is sent to an island in Brittany where an unknown stranger was killed in an abandoned and reputedly haunted house. The island's first murder in a century.

Director: Edwin Baily | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Flore Bonaventura, François Marthouret, Sophie Le Tellier

Votes: 259

34. Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders (2015)

Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary, Crime, Music

The inside story behind the Biggie and Tupac murder investigations is laid bare using police case files, taped confessions never before shown on film, and interviews with lead detective Greg Kading and other witnesses.

Director: Mike Dorsey | Stars: Imari Williams, Greg Kading, Frank Alexander, Xavien T. Bailey

Votes: 933

35. Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Aldrich Bowker

Votes: 847

36. Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974 TV Movie)

100 min | Mystery

China, 7th century. On their way to a provincial centre Judge Dee and his three wives spend the night at a taoist monastery. Soon the judge discovers that the secluded place holds a secret ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Khigh Dhiegh, Mako, Soon-Tek Oh, Miiko Taka

Votes: 155

37. Wrongly Accused (2023– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

Investigative reporter Louise Shorter hosts this true crime series looking at both sides of some of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Louise and experts look at what went wrong and how it was put right.

Stars: Louise Shorter, Hywel Rose, William Adrian, Darren Swain

Votes: 22

38. Dark Sanity (1982)

88 min | Drama, Horror

A woman with psychic visions and an alcoholic past moves into a house where the previous occupant was mysteriously decapitated, and soon suspects the visions she's seeing are her own future.

Director: Martin Green | Stars: Aldo Ray, Kory Clark, Chuck Jamison, Bobbie Holt

Votes: 239

39. Open Doors (1990)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama

A principled judge faces a case that society demands capital punishment for.

Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri, Tuccio Musumeci

Votes: 1,002 | Gross: $0.12M

40. After Office Hours (1935)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Hard-hitting news editor Jim Branch falls for high-society type Sharon Norwood but can't get to first base as he continually makes use of her knowledge of the rich and famous to try to ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke

Votes: 1,046

41. Kamen Rider 555: Murder Case (2024)

7 min | Action, Mystery

Takumi, Mari, Masato and many other people who work at Kikuchi Cleaning Shop are leading their daily lives as usual. One day, a customer visiting the store is suddenly killed by someone, they need to try to find out who the murderer is.

Stars: Kento Handa, Yuria Haga, Kôhei Murakami, Rumika Fukuda

Votes: 14

42. Where the Truth Lies (1999 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

An ambitious but inexperienced young lawyer defends a deaf political campaign manager accused of murder. Is her client too blinded by love to reveal all?

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Regina King, Philip Lester, Robert Blanche

Votes: 310

43. Deadliest Families (2024– )

44 min | Crime, Documentary

The devastating murder stories where the victim and killer are family. What events led up to the crimes and why did the killers turn on their own?

44. Unknown (2023)

Drama, Mystery, Romance

Kokoro Yamihara and Toramatsu Asada live in a town that is quite peaceful, until a serial murder case happened where the bodies all had their blood drained out. Five years have passed but ... See full summary »

Stars: Keita Machida, Kumiko Asô, Mitsuki Takahata, Kei Tanaka

Votes: 17

45. Crime Scene Confidential (2022– )

Documentary

CSI expert Alina Burroughs revisits shocking murder cases from across the country by taking a fresh look at the forensic evidence, with the hope of bringing clarity to these complex crimes, and closure to the families of the victims.

Star: Alina Burroughs

Votes: 158

46. Midnight Heat (1995)

R | 98 min | Mystery, Thriller

Pro football star Tyler Grey comes out of drug rehab and discovers that team management no longer wants him. He confronts the burly team owner, and has an affair with his wife. Also he ... See full summary »

Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Tim Matheson, Stephen Mendel, Mimi Craven, David Fredericks

Votes: 91

47. Nothing Personal (2011–2012)

Documentary, Biography, Crime

A documentary type series narrated and hosted by Steve Schirripa that shows various plots of murder for hire.

Stars: Steve Schirripa, Elias Edraki, Frank Longo, Shane Harbinson

Votes: 40

48. Deep Water: The Real Story (2016)

87 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Up to 80 murders, 30 unsolved cases, thousands of assaults. In the 1980s and 1990s a murderous epidemic grips Sydney. The attackers are united by contempt. Their targets united by their ... See full summary »

Director: Amanda Blue | Stars: David McMahon, Sue Thompson, Peter Russell, Ted Russell

Votes: 152

49. Barrymore: The Body in the Pool (2020 TV Movie)

110 min | Documentary, Crime

Nineteen years after Stuart Lubbock was found dead at Michael Barrymore's home, this film forensically explores the full story behind one of Britain's most high-profile unexplained deaths.

Director: Tom Barrow | Stars: Michael Barrymore, Ian Calder, Harry Cichy, David Corker

Votes: 111

50. Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery (2018)

126 min | Documentary, Crime

This three part special explores the story of Gregg Smart, whose wife Pamela Smart plotted his murder at the hands of four teenage boys in 1990.

Stars: Paul Maggiotto, Diane Dimond, Dan Pelletier, Cecelia Pierce

Votes: 246