Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "lie-detector-test"

1. Basic Instinct (1992)

R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 219,310 | Gross: $117.73M

2. Red Sparrow (2018)

R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 201,686 | Gross: $46.87M

3. BlacKkKlansman (2018)

R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace

Votes: 291,335 | Gross: $49.28M

4. Fire in the Sky (1993)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg

Votes: 28,456 | Gross: $20.10M

5. Regression (I) (2015)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective and a psychoanalyst uncover evidence of a satanic cult while investigating a young woman's terrifying past.

Directors: Alejandro Amenábar, Occultum Luciferus | Stars: Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis, Emma Watson, Dale Dickey

Votes: 42,606 | Gross: $0.05M

6. Freejack (1992)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Bounty hunters from the future transport a doomed race car driver to New York City in 2009, where his mind will be replaced with that of a dead billionaire.

Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins

Votes: 17,471 | Gross: $17.13M

7. Death of A Cheerleader (1994 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama

Who could have stabbed popular, beautiful cheerleader Stacy to death? It could have been antisocial Goth girl Monica, it could've been angst-ridden Jill--or maybe it was the plain girl nobody suspected.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, James Avery, Eugene Roche

Votes: 2,566

8. The Dark Mirror (1946)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man is found murdered, and witnesses are sure about the woman they saw leaving his apartment. However, it becomes apparent that the woman has a twin, and finding out which one is the killer seems impossible.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell, Richard Long

Votes: 5,684

9. Call Northside 777 (1948)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker

Votes: 10,248

10. Profit (1996–1997)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Jim Profit works for a multinational company and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead, which includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Everyone at... See full summary »

Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Lisa Darr, Lisa Blount, Jack Gwaltney

Votes: 2,155

11. Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama

Bobby McLoughlin is the adopted child of Harold and Mary Hohne. He's a problem child, so when he is accused of a murder he didn't commit, he is soon recognized guilty. After a moment of ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Martin Sheen, Caroline Kava, James Handy, Rebecca Schull

Votes: 418

12. Mafia Inc (2019)

143 min | Crime, Drama

The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vince works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather.

Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Marc-André Grondin, Gilbert Sicotte, Mylène Mackay

Votes: 1,642

13. The Serpent (1973)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Thriller

A Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret

Votes: 1,205

14. Death in Small Doses (1995 TV Movie)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

One night, Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after--poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of ... See full summary »

Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Richard Thomas, Shawn Elliott, Tess Harper, Glynnis O'Connor

Votes: 408

15. The Big Operator (1959)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama

During the 1950s, a corrupt labor union boss and the mob silence all those who witness their shady activities but an honest union member threatens to testify in front of a Senate Committee, thus becoming a murder-target.

Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé

Votes: 340

16. The Brain Man (2013)

123 min | Crime, Mystery

A not-too-bright cop searches for a serial bomber.

Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Shôta Sometani, Yôsuke Eguchi, Renji Ishibashi

Votes: 1,127

17. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

The history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Director: Mac Carter | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Levitz, Gerard Jones, Mark Waid

Votes: 1,330

18. Famously Haunted: Amityville (2021 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 84 min | Documentary

This Tubi Original documentary delves deeply into one of the most famous and exploited hauntings in the United States, along with the tragic, real-life murderers of the DeFeo family.

Stars: Jay Anson, Beverly Banks, Geralyn Bazza, James Brolin

Votes: 106

19. Dr. G: Inside the Caylee Anthony Case (2012 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Watch exclusive insider interviews with renowned Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia as well as key experts unravelling the complicated details of the Caylee Anthony investigation, ... See full summary »

Director: Fahad Vania | Stars: Jan C. Garavaglia, Jim Forbes, Jeff Ashton, Amy Pavuk

Votes: 37

20. The Liarist (2014 Video)

TV-14 | 2 min | Short, Comedy

The whole plot is a lie, therefore it will never come out..

Director: Andrew Bush | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Jean Baiardi, Julian Barne, George Basil

Votes: 23

21. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode: Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back (1983)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Davenport takes Furillo up on his offer to get married. Hill, Renko and Bates go undercover on a bus. Belker works to try and get his mind off his deceased father. Coffey takes a lie ... See full summary »

Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz

Votes: 105

22. Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood (2000–2005)
Episode: Lyhyet jäljet (2002)

60 min | Crime, Drama

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Director: Minna Virtanen | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Antti Reini, Leena Uotila, Jukka Kärkkäinen

Votes: 7

23. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Turnaround (1997)

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

Briscoe and Curtis serve an arrest warrant on a Hollywood director in the film-executive murder case. Opposing counsel--Jamie's ex husband--challenges the warrant. Jack and Jamie now must go to L.A. to defend it.

Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 323

24. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Lend Me an Ear (1987)

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

Crockett and Tubbs' investigation of a paranoid dealer is complicated by a surveillance expert who decides to play both sides against one another.

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 417

25. My Favorite Martian (1963–1966)
Episode: Russians R in Season (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Martin reads about a $2 billion American space program, one he knows is doomed. Tim fabricates a letter to the paper which includes Martin's nighttime musings, thinking they will fix the program. Tim is questioned under a lie detector.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Richard Deacon, Frank Aletter

Votes: 83

26. Newhart (1982–1990)
Episode: The Boy Who Cried Goat (1983)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Kirk must take a lie detector test to prove his claims that the Minuteman Café was robbed.

Director: Will Mackenzie | Stars: Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Steven Kampmann, Jennifer Holmes

Votes: 108

27. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Squeeze (1993)

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

Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every 30 years.

Director: Harry Longstreet | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Doug Hutchison, Donal Logue

Votes: 8,458

28. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Morpheus (2006)

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

The team goes off-world and ends up in serious trouble. Meanwhile, Landry is faced with having to decide whether or not Vala can be trusted to remain at the SGC.

Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black

Votes: 956

29. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #5.3 (2020)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller

Pavel Lebedev starts his job at the FSB. Bakatine, one of the Internal Security agents, is suspicious of him.

Directors: Samuel Collardey, Anna Novion, Eric Rochant, Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Florence Loiret Caille, Jonathan Zaccaï, Mathieu Amalric

Votes: 191

30. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Sixty-Three: Hereditary (2019)

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

Tension mounts as Archie tries to dethrone Dodger; Betty and Jughead examine their family histories; Cheryl grows suspicious of her new houseguest; Veronica deals with a major shake-up at home.

Director: Gabriel Correa | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 949

31. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March (2020)

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

Worried about his future after high school, Archie seeks advice from Hiram; Veronica begins to spiral; Jughead confronts a critical accusation.

Director: Claudia Yarmy | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 903

32. Life (2007–2009)
Episode: Hit Me Baby (2009)

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

With Dani Reese away working on a joint LAPD-FBI team, Charlie Crews recruits his friend Officer Bobby Stark to investigate the murder of Jerome Rafts. The dead man was by all accounts a ... See full summary »

Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Brent Sexton, Donal Logue

Votes: 354

33. Murder in a Small Town (2021)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2021)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

The reexamination of the murder of Jodi Jones continues. Eyewitnesses saw two further males at the scene of the crime, and the police's conduct, while interviewing Luke Mitchell, is questioned.

Director: Stephen Bennett | Star: Lucy Briers

Votes: 7

34. Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode: Karen Mullally & Linda Pillius (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

A woman convicted of arson and murder after starting a house fire that killed the sleeping children of her girlfriend but claims innocence and denies she's a lesbian. Then, a mentally ill addict with cancer who stabbed her friend to death.

Stars: Ashley Crary, Karen Mullally, Jennifer Duncan, William Fitzpatrick

Votes: 15

35. Saving Grace (2007–2010)
Episode: Popcorn (2009)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

When Grace's informant tips her to a dead body, the MCU investigates a case that gets stranger with every turn. Rhetta struggles over whether she can trust Ronnie. Johnny tells Grace he insists on meeting Earl.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase

Votes: 99

36. The Law According to Lidia Poët (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2023)

TV-MA | Biography, Crime, Drama

Much to Enrico's chagrin, Lidia agrees to defend an anarchist accused of murder. But the scandal grows deeper than she expected and lands her in trouble.

Director: Matteo Rovere | Stars: Matilda De Angelis, Eduardo Scarpetta, Pier Luigi Pasino, Sinéad Thornhill

Votes: 264

37. Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode: Jeff Lewis Lies with Chef Stu (2022)

Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Shane Douglas, Mercedes Javid, Jeff Lewis, Stuart O'Keeffe

38. Paranormal Witness (2011– )
Episode: The Abduction (2012)

TV-14 | 64 min | Documentary, Horror, Mystery

For the first time, all the key people involved in the most famous alien abduction case in history reveal what they saw and experienced during a special 90-minute episode of Paranormal Witness.

Director: Stephen Kemp | Stars: Travis Walton, Mike Rogers, Ken Peterson, Steve Pierce

Votes: 78

39. The Rookie (2018– )
Episode: The Hammer (2024)

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

The team comes together to celebrate John and Bailey's wedding; meanwhile, Celina discovers a discrepancy in her case, leading to a new discovery. Elsewhere, Lucy and Tim's relationship is put to the test.

Director: Alexi Hawley | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Shawn Ashmore, Lisseth Chavez, Mekia Cox

Votes: 562

40. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2015)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Thriller

With Cyclone still missing, the Bureau now has to handle the exfiltration of another asset in Algeria.

Directors: Jean-Marc Moutout, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 317

41. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2015)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Thriller

Malotru decides to test Gherbi's loyalty by luring him into a trap. Nadia joins in on a mysterious meeting with other Syrians, but her "night-outs" arouse the suspicion of a Syrian agent.

Directors: Jean-Marc Moutout, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 291

42. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2015)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller

At a French-Algerian meeting, Malotru attempts to read the other Algerian officers to find out whether or not they are holding Cyclone in detention.

Directors: Hélier Cisterne, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 288

43. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2015)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Thriller

When Sisteron goes after Cyclone in Algiers, another agent known as Pigalle reaches out to Malotru with potential Intel about Cyclone.

Directors: Hélier Cisterne, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 284

44. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2015)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Thriller

While attempting to trade Pigalle's Intel on Cyclone, Malotru must find a way to uncover the former's true identity and underlying motive.

Directors: Mathieu Demy, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 267

45. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2015)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller

Kerbouche is finally brought to the DGSE and unveils the truth about Cyclone's life-or-death situation, which requires immediate action from the Bureau.

Directors: Mathieu Demy, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 260

46. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2015)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller

Devastated by Malotru's revelations, Nadia cannot set out to betray her country and refuses to join the DGSE.

Directors: Laïla Marrakchi, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 263

47. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2015)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Thriller

At the DGSE, Sisteron is anxiously waiting for Cyclone's release over the next few days. Malotru takes a few days off the Cyclone operation and secretly meets up with the CIA.

Directors: Hélier Cisterne, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau

Votes: 272

48. Maury (1991–2022)
Episode: Is My Fiance Cheating with His Little Brother's Girlfriend? (2015)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Talk-Show

A woman suspects her boyfriend is cheating on her, with his brother's girlfriend; a woman won't marry her boyfriend, until they get the results of DNA and lie-detector tests; a woman worries about her husband's history of infidelity.

Star: Maury Povich

49. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #3.6 (2017)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Thriller

Malotru must struggle on his own to survive and escape his pursuers in Syria.

Directors: Antoine Chevrollier, Hélier Cisterne, Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Sara Giraudeau, Florence Loiret Caille

Votes: 210

50. Dateline NBC (1992– )
Episode: Ransom (2017)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, News

Florida, 2009: Quinn Gray, a homemaker, calls her husband Reid and tells her she's kidnapped, she doesn't know where she is and three men want $50,000 to release her. The Grays are wealthy,... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Mankiewicz, Quinn Gray, Reid Gray, Gail Sikes

Votes: 28