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

1. Scream (1996)

R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich

Votes: 388,465 | Gross: $103.05M

2. The Rental (2020)

R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away.

Director: Dave Franco | Stars: Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White

Votes: 38,165

3. Warm Bodies (2013)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance

After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Lio Tipton

Votes: 243,599 | Gross: $66.38M

4. Freedom Writers (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.

Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn

Votes: 85,382 | Gross: $36.61M

5. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Comedy

Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.

Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow

Votes: 16,126

6. The Brave One (2007)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt

Votes: 63,500 | Gross: $36.79M

7. Bushwick (2017)

TV-MA | 94 min | Action, Thriller

When a U.S. based military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.

Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris

Votes: 13,886

8. The Perfect Guy (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.

Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, L. Scott Caldwell

Votes: 11,286 | Gross: $57.02M

9. Fright (1971)

PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

An English baby sitter is terrorized by her friend's ex-husband, escaped from an asylum.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Honor Blackman, Susan George, George Cole, Tara Collinson

Votes: 1,920 | Gross: $0.17M

10. The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.

Director: Ben Verbong | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Eliza Bennett, Rosemary Harris, Yvonne Catterfeld

Votes: 680

11. To the Limit (1995)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An ex-CIA agent sets out for cold, hard revenge against the ruthless villain and his group of trained assassins who murdered her husband.

Director: Raymond Martino | Stars: Anna Nicole Smith, Joey Travolta, John Aprea, David Proval

Votes: 1,135

12. Next of Kin (1982)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery

In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.

Director: Tony Williams | Stars: Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson

Votes: 4,236

13. Glorious 39 (2009)

R | 129 min | Drama, History, Mystery

The adopted daughter of a privileged British politician uncovers a family secret in the weeks leading up to World War II.

Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Romola Garai, Eddie Redmayne, Juno Temple, Toby Regbo

Votes: 5,701

14. Dance with a Stranger (1985)

R | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Matthew Carroll

Votes: 2,973 | Gross: $2.17M

15. Alison's Birthday (1981)

99 min | Horror, Mystery

A young girl is subjected to a reign of terror so that her soul can be transferred to the body of an old crone.

Director: Ian Coughlan | Stars: Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke, John Bluthal

Votes: 1,249

16. Snakes and Earrings (2008)

Not Rated | 123 min | Thriller

19 year old Rui finds life deeply disappointing until she falls in love with Ama in Shibuya, Tokyo. She was attracted by his piercings so decided to have her tongue pierced too. Pain is the... See full summary »

Director: Yukio Ninagawa | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kengo Kôra, Arata Iura, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV

Votes: 861

17. The Return of Count Yorga (1971)

R | 97 min | Horror

Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires.

Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder

Votes: 1,523

18. The Drifter (1988)

R | 89 min | Thriller

A young interior designer with a jealous boyfriend has a one-night stand with a handsome drifter who won't go away.

Director: Larry Brand | Stars: Kim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms, Al Shannon, Miles O'Keeffe

Votes: 540

19. November (I) (2004)

R | 73 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.

Director: Greg Harrison | Stars: Courteney Cox, James Le Gros, Michael Ealy, Dori Mizrahi

Votes: 3,164 | Gross: $0.19M

20. Deadly Double Cross (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A mother is determined to prove that her daughter is innocent of murder.

Director: Max McGuire | Stars: Victoria Pratt, Christina Cox, Sarah Fisher, Hannah Vandenbygaart

Votes: 215

21. Slasher (2007)

Not Rated | 80 min | Horror

A group of friends take a break from their studies, but find themselves pursued through the backwoods of Germany by a savage lunatic.

Director: Frank W. Montag | Stars: Christiane Imdahl, Christian Stock, Sebastian Badenberg, Pia Sarpei

Votes: 282

22. Xmoor (2014)

Not Rated | 81 min | Horror

A £25,000 reward offered by a local newspaper brings documentary makers Matt and his girlfriend Georgia to the remote North Devon moor in a bid to capture the fabled Beast purported to be a wild cat, like a panther or a puma on film.

Director: Luke Hyams | Stars: Melia Kreiling, Nick Blood, Mark Bonnar, Bert O'Brien

Votes: 800

23. 2 to Tangle (2013)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

2 men who have never met inadvertently confuse other people.

Director: Caleb Johnson | Stars: Clay Doss, Payton Patrone, Caleb Johnson, Stephanie Minix

Votes: 103

24. Unashamed (1932)

Passed | 77 min | Drama

Dick will do anything to protect his sister Jean as would her father. But she is in love with sleazy Harry Swift who has his eye on her money. When Harry has her stay with him at a hotel ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt

Votes: 247

25. Marguerite de la nuit (1955)

125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Based on novel by Pierre Dumarchais. The story of the aging pedant who sells his soul to Satan in exchange for youth and knowledge.

Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Clancy

Votes: 254

26. Tu nombre envenena mis sueños (1996)

118 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

The investigation of an apparent suicide in post-war Spain leads Inspector Barciela to discover a story of revenge for the hatred and grudges of the past.

Director: Pilar Miró | Stars: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Ángel de Andrés López, Anabel Alonso

Votes: 224

27. Passion Flower (1921)

84 min | Drama

A wealthy man attracted to his stepdaughter tasks his servant to break up her marriage but this only leads to murder and tragedy.

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Courtenay Foote, Eulalie Jensen, Harrison Ford

Votes: 18

28. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: The Carnation Killer (1973)

TV-14 | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A serial killer escapes in transit to the asylum to which he has been confined. He picks a seemingly innocent woman as his next victim, but soon it looks like she's not quite as innocent as he thought.

Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Norman Eshley, Katherine Schofield, Derek Smith, Garrick Hagon

Votes: 260

29. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Blood Lust (2002)

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

A taxi driver accidentally runs over a teenage boy. He is later brutally beaten by a gang who thinks he is running away. Grissom and Sara works on the case and finds that the boy was dead prior to being hit from a stab wound.

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 836

30. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Burked (2001)

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

Tony Braun, the son of Las Vegas mogul Sam Braun, is found dead in his home, apparently victim of a drug overdose. But as the scene lacks all evidence normally connected to an overdose, the team soon suspects murder.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 924

31. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Daddy's Little Girl (2006)

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

The murder of a man in a garage leads the CSI team to the daughter of the man who abducted and buried Nick alive earlier.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 733

32. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Broken Mirror (2005)

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

One of a lawyer's identical twin daughters is kidnapped. The kidnapper contacts him and demands ransom money. The team's investigation, however, reveals that he doesn't really want the money, but both girls.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,659

33. The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode: Nightshift (1985)

TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Mean retirement home nurse Jane Reynolds runs the night shift with an iron fist and makes extra money selling the residents' jewelry to pawnshops. Jane and boyfriend Johnny try to steal a new patient's sparkling ring and trouble begins.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Margot Kidder, Stephen McHattie, Darren McGavin, Page Fletcher

Votes: 127

34. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Streetwise (1986)

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

A prostitution bust at a motel snares an officer from another precinct. Castillo wants to take his badge, but Crockett haves him hold off and uses the officer to find the source of pure ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 416

35. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Kill Huggy Bear (1975)

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

When a punk robs the wrong place, knowing that "the people" who run it will come after him so he turns to his old friend, Huggy Bear to make things right with "them". Huggy calls the boss ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 302

36. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Retribution (1997)

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

Holloway and Goldie investigate the murder of a biker gunned down at a barbecue.

Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley

Votes: 13

37. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Lord of the Flies (2001)

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

Doggett and Reyes investigate a teenage boy who may have the ability to control insects and uses it to kill. Scully and a pushy, pompous, flirtatious entomologist assist them.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Hank Harris

Votes: 2,593

38. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: People with Money (2006)

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

A man with an engagement ring turns up dead on the Brooklyn Bridge--but more than one woman could be the prospective fiancée. And a socialite dies in a penthouse with serious bruises and ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 351

39. Fak2eren (1989–1999)
Episode: Blod-brødre - Historien om Hells Angels i Danmark (1993)

50 min | Documentary

"Blood-Brothers" - About the founding of the first Hells Angels MC charter/branch in Denmark 1980 and their rivalry and conflict with the local Bullshit MC that took at least 12 lives.

Director: Karsten Kjær | Stars: Erling Andersen, Claus Clausen, Bent Falbert, Ole Hansen

40. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: The Fat Lady Singeth (1988)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance

J.R. declares all out war on his brother Bobby, wife Sue Ellen, and Nicholas Pearce. Cliff receives startling news about Pam and Lucy meets the calculating Casey Denault.

Director: Leonard Katzman | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman

Votes: 98

41. I Am a Killer (2018–2022)
Episode: In Her Hands (2020)

TV-MA | Documentary, Crime

One of the small number of women who commit murder, Lindsay Haugen claims that she strangled her depressed boyfriend in 2015 as an act of mercy.

Stars: Lindsay Haugen, Dori Greeson, Gene Greeson, Steve Hallman

Votes: 293

42. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Window Watcher (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

A woman's story seemed far fetched: A man wearing only underwear and gloves broke into the house, stabbed her boyfriend to death, and raped and terrorized her for hours afterward. But the ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Stephen Day, Scott Eggleston, Gayland Gieger

Votes: 76

43. FBI: Most Wanted (2020– )
Episode: Obstruction (2021)

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

After a double murder takes place in a small town, the team goes after the vigilante who relies on internet sleuths to exact revenge on suspects in the name of justice.

Director: Ken Girotti | Stars: Julian McMahon, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Sternberg, Keisha Castle-Hughes

Votes: 279

44. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Vampire Weekend (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A case near Halloween has Castle and Beckett investigating the death of a man in a graveyard, wearing fangs.

Director: Karen Gaviola | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Votes: 1,680

45. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Death and the Maiden (2009)

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

CSI tackles a case involving a young man who was brutally raped and beaten, and a case involving the shooting death of an electronics store owner. But they soon discover that the two cases are directly related.

Director: Brad Tanenbaum | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 696

46. Unusual Suspects (2010–2016)
Episode: The Killer Nearby (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

A suburban housewife is abducted from her home and savagely murdered; After turning his life around, a young man is killed when he crosses local gang members.

Stars: Mocean Melvin, Brad Foust, James Gamber, Janyce Iturra

Votes: 36

47. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: World's End (2010)

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

When a student is discovered murdered at Lindsey's school, the investigation takes a sharp turn when the CSIs uncover an unlikely connection between the boy's death and atrocities of the past.

Director: Alec Smight | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 679

48. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Hitting for the Cycle (2011)

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

With a suicide, a homicide, and an accidental death already in the books, the team places bets on whether there will also be a natural causes death to complete "the cycle" before the end of the shift.

Director: Alec Smight | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Jorja Fox

Votes: 652

49. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Out of the Sky (2010)

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

The team tries to find out who is responsible for a jewel heist at the home of a powerful defense attorney. However, they soon discover that everybody who comes in contact with the jewels is turning up dead.

Director: Nathan Hope | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 264

50. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Red Gold (2011)

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

Patrick works with special agent Hightower to figure out who killed a struggling gold prospector.

Director: Tom Verica | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,247