Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "police-sketch"

1. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

R | 242 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Determined to ensure that Superman's ultimate sacrifice wasn't in vain, Bruce Wayne recruits a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams

Votes: 438,341

2. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan

Votes: 702,285 | Gross: $262.03M

3. Freaky (2020)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a high-school senior discovers that she has fewer than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.

Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Celeste O'Connor, Misha Osherovich

Votes: 72,382

4. Haunted Mansion (2023)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.

Director: Justin Simien | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish

Votes: 42,760

5. Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

On the night she plans to take her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She is released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.

Director: Jim Donovan | Stars: Katie Douglas, Leo Petrus, Jamie Robinson, Kim Horsman

Votes: 16,105

6. The Stepfather (2009)

PG-13 | 101 min | Mystery, Thriller

Michael Harding (Penn Badgely) returns home from military school to find his mother Susan (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there to help.

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Amber Heard

Votes: 38,684 | Gross: $29.06M

7. Underdog (2007)

PG | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Beagle must use his newly-bestowed superpowers to defend Capitol City from mad scientist Simon Barsinister.

Director: Frederik Du Chau | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Jason Lee, Amy Adams, Jim Belushi

Votes: 22,735 | Gross: $43.76M

8. Ca$h (2010)

R | 108 min | Crime, Thriller

After a down-and-out couple finds a briefcase of money that solves all their problems, a menacing stranger forces them to commit a series of armed robberies to pay it all back.

Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson | Stars: Sean Bean, Chris Hemsworth, Victoria Profeta, Mike Starr

Votes: 10,073

9. The Detective (1968)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman

Votes: 4,155 | Gross: $14.30M

10. The Night Strangler (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady

Votes: 4,137

11. Out of Bounds (1986)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Daryl's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mix-up at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a drug dealer wants back.

Director: Richard Tuggle | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman

Votes: 2,076 | Gross: $5.10M

12. Prime Suspect (1982 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls; he is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbors.

Director: Noel Black | Stars: Mike Farrell, Teri Garr, Veronica Cartwright, Lane Smith

Votes: 333

13. Istanbul (1985)

90 min | Thriller, Drama

While traveling through Belgium, an American named Martin befriends a waiter named Willy when he saves Willy from a fight with a customer. They get drunk together and Martin invites Willy ... See full synopsis »

Director: Marc Didden | Stars: Brad Dourif, Dominique Deruddere, Ingrid De Vos, François Beukelaers

Votes: 260

14. The Stranger Beside Me (2003 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Suki Kaiser, Brenda James

Votes: 1,035

15. Crime Thief (1969)

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

Married with two young children, Jean Girod, a "writer", partly escapes that family life when he secretly witnesses a young woman commit suicide. In that new other life, he rents a room ... See full summary »

Director: Nadine Trintignant | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Hossein, Giorgia Moll, Bernadette Lafont

Votes: 204

16. Violanchelo (2008)

Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A pair of strangers become subconsciously connected after their recurring dreams turn into reality.

Director: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa | Stars: Bárbara Mori, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Marina de Tavira, Joaquín Cosio

Votes: 424

17. In Search of Bible John (2011 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

David Hayman analyses the unsolved murders of the 1960s Scottish serial killer "Bible John".

Director: Julian Dismore | Stars: David Hayman, Andy Beaven, John Beith, David Cowan

Votes: 8

18. 'Harry Lund' lägger näsan i blöt! (1991)

105 min | Comedy, Thriller

When office clerk "Harry Lund" wakes up in his car after a night of gambling, he finds a dead man in the seat next to him, stabbed by Harry's own paper knife. Harry has no choice but to find the real culprits - whoever they are.

Director: Mats Arehn | Stars: Johan Ulveson, Gösta Bredefeldt, Eva Dahlman, Ursula Fogelström

Votes: 130

19. Flickers! (2014– )

2 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror

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Stars: Ron Sparks, Emily Schooley, Rebecca Gibson, Andrew Kines

Votes: 113

20. Where Is Jane Doe? (1956)

Approved | 8 min | Crime, Short

In this Screenliner short, New York City police detectives investigate the case of a missing girl, whose clothes are found on a bridge. Was it a suicide, was she murdered, or is this a hoax?

Director: Larry O'Reilly | Stars: Bob Hite, Alexander Lockwood

Votes: 135

21. The Gameshow Serial Killer: Police Tapes (2018 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Crime

Susanna Reid looks at how one of Britain's most cunning serial killers was finally caught after 20 years.

Directors: Mark Rossiter, Sam Eastall | Stars: Louise Harries, Steve Wilkins, Glan Thomas, Angela Gallop

Votes: 19

22. The Aunty Jack Show (1972–1973)
Episode: The Aunty Jack Family Show (1972)

30 min | Comedy

Today's theme is "Family", but will we learn about Aunty Jack's?

Director: Maurice Murphy | Stars: Grahame Bond, John Derum, Rory O'Donoghue, Sandra McGregor

23. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Gone (2005)

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

Goren finds himself matching wits with a paranoid chess master suspected of murdering a young woman in town to visit her fiancée.

Director: Christopher Swartout | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 309

24. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: In the Wee Small Hours: Part 1 (2005)

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

In this first part of a two-part episode, a girl and two boys go missing from a school trip. Logan and Barek team up with Goren and Eames to find them. The trail leads the detectives to a ... See full summary »

Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Chris Noth, Annabella Sciorra

Votes: 434

25. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Want (2004)

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

Detectives Goren and Eames are after a serial killer with a special interest in women.

Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 444

26. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Blow Out (1987)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A terrorist wants Nikki Carpenter dead. MacGyver searches through Nikki's old records to find out who would want to kill her and why.

Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Dale Wilson, Frank Ferrucci

Votes: 311

27. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Skin (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A serial killer shape-shifter adopts the likeness of Sam's college buddy to commit a gruesome murder. When the brothers investigate, the being "borrows" Dean's form to continue the killing spree.

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Amy Grabow, Peter Shinkoda

Votes: 7,287

28. Timecop (1997–1998)
Episode: A Rip in Time (1997)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jack Logan travels to 1888 London in pursuit of a homicidal genius who has taken the place of Jack the Ripper.

Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Ted King, Cristi Conaway, Don Stark, Kurt Fuller

Votes: 50

29. Supergirl (2015–2021)
Episode: Reality Bytes (2020)

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

Nia's roommate is attacked by a man targeting Dreamer; Dreamer refuses to give into men's threats and puts herself in the line of fire to stop him; Alex, J'onn and Kelly attempt to rescue a man stuck inside a virtual reality game.

Director: Armen V. Kevorkian | Stars: Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Jesse Rath

Votes: 1,451

30. Shattered (2017– )
Episode: In the Shadows of South Hill (2019)

Documentary, Crime

In 1980, a woman becomes the victim of the notorious South Hill rapist. A desperate detective hunts for the attacker while another man has no idea the man is living under his nose.

Director: Justin Lee Stanley | Stars: Jay Williams, Gene McGougan, Julia Harmia, Paul Darren Varricchio

Votes: 10

31. Shattered (2017– )
Episode: Do You Know My Voice (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

Linda Hardin is convinced Grant is the perfect husband. In 2017, when he's arrested for murder, Linda believes police have the wrong man. Then officers show up at her door with evidence of another crime and her devotion is put to the test.

Director: Colin Herlihy | Stars: Linda Hardin, Amy Harrison, Hayes Minor, Matt Whitfield

Votes: 12

32. Tommy (2020)
Episode: This Is Not a Drill (2020)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama

Tommy launches an informal investigation into a possible LAPD and city government-related conspiracy just as she prepares to fight for her job in front of an ethics committee.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Edie Falco, Michael Chernus, Adelaide Clemens, Russell G. Jones

Votes: 124

33. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Straw Dog: Part 2 (2005)

TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The interrogation sessions of the desperate drug addict who snatched Grace's purse and a lovesick ex-con help lead Boyd and his team to the kidnapper/torturer of a young man.

Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall

Votes: 124

34. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Bad Medicine (2008)

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

After a research physician of brain abnormalities is murdered with a crossbow, Murdoch traces the hooded killer to the patients of his institute.

Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 383

35. Big Sky (2020–2023)
Episode: The End Is Near (2021)

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

Cassie and Jenny grow more suspicious of Legarski with every hospital visits. Ronald narrowly escapes but a suspicious paperboy may be his downfall.

Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Brian Geraghty, Dedee Pfeiffer

Votes: 693

36. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Anything You Can Do (2009)

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

A Canadian Mountie from British Columbia insinuates himself into a Toronto homicide because he believes it is related to another case, much to Murdoch's chagrin.

Director: Kelly Makin | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 378

37. Railway Murders (2021– )
Episode: The Body In The Tunnel (2021)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The murder of coin dealer 64-year-old Isaac Frederick Gold on the 2.00pm express train travelling from London Bridge to Brighton on 27 June 1881 by 22-year-old Percy LeFroy Mapleton.

Director: William Simpson | Stars: Nicholas Day, Matthew Green, Alan Moss, Judith Rowbotham

Votes: 9

38. Sophie: A Murder in West Cork (2021)
Episode: The Suspect (2021)

TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary, Crime, History

With the investigation heating up, police focus their attention on an unlikely suspect: a local journalist who had first reported on the murder.

Director: John Dower | Stars: Sophie Toscan du Plantier, Ian Bailey, Jules Thomas, Marie Farrell

Votes: 200

39. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Church Dis-Service (2009)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

A young woman heads home after church, but never makes it there alive. Police learn that car trouble lead the victim to accept help from someone she thought was a Good Samaritan. But when ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Rochelle Dacosta, Daphne Bowe, Ken Kaminsky

Votes: 87

40. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Substitute: Part 1 (2009)

TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Eve is attracted to an Eastren European she meets at a club and soon becomes intimate with him. She inexplicably compares his DNA with semen found at a brutal cold case murder and it matches.

Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 132

41. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: The ANTI-Social Network (2011)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy

The gang's plan to use Facebook to promote Paddy's goes awry when they become obsessed with tracking down a man who shushed them while they were visiting a trendy new club.

Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 2,659

42. Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders (2022– )
Episode: Part 2 (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary, Crime

In the wake of the brutal murders at Camp Scott, the hunt for the victims' killer escalates.

Director: Remy Weber | Stars: Kristin Chenoweth, Mike Reed, Mike Boettcher, Harvey Pratt

Votes: 16

43. 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

44. Big Sky (2020–2023)
Episode: Duck Hunting (2022)

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

Jenny and Beau confine the campers to the campsite in an effort to unravel their lies. Cormac feels his parents might not be so innocent as Buck and Sunny scramble to cover their tracks.

Director: Blackhorse Lowe | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Votes: 442

45. Touch (2012–2013)
Episode: Enemy of My Enemy (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Martin figures that assuming a cover as a reporter under the name Martin Bishop is the best way to get information about Amelia while eluding the authorities. Trevor helps him in this ... See full summary »

Director: Sanford Bookstaver | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazouz, Lukas Haas, Saïd Taghmaoui

Votes: 304

46. Blood & Money (2023– )
Episode: The Hitman's Tale (2023)

Crime, Documentary

In the early morning hours of August 19, 1990, Camp Nelson Lodge employee Rudy Manuel called 911, reporting that both he and the newest proprietor of the mountain lodge, Bonnie Hood, had ... See full summary »

Stars: Steven Zirnkilton, Bruce Beauchamp, Terry Caldwell, Rick Elkins

Votes: 11

47. Myth of the Zodiac Killer (2023)
Episode: Breaking The Mythology (2023)

TV-14 | 70 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

The hoax theory is put to the test when two computational linguistic experts study the 32 Zodiac letters; filmmaker Andrew Nock meets a witness for her first on-camera interview after years of fear that "The Zodiac" would hunt her down.

Director: Andrew Nock | Stars: Paul Avery, Drew Beeson, Michael Butterfield, Florian Cafiero

Votes: 24

48. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Out of the Frying Pan (2013)

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

Peter assigns Neal a new handler to investigate an online black market, but Neal's loyalties will be tested when he discovers the trail might lead to Mozzie.

Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 747

49. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Pilot (2014)

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

CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a coma, nine months after he was hit by lightning, and discovers he has superhuman speed.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett

Votes: 9,530

50. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021)
Episode: Pontiac Bandit (2014)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Crime

Jake convinces Rosa to make a deal with a criminal in order to catch a car thief, while Charles makes an awkward return to the precinct, and Holt tries to get rid of two puppies.

Director: Craig Zisk | Stars: Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero

Votes: 3,935