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

1. Ghost (1990)

PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn

Votes: 236,209 | Gross: $217.63M

2. To Die For (1995)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck

Votes: 53,081 | Gross: $21.28M

3. The Neon Demon (2016)

R | 117 min | Horror, Thriller

An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Karl Glusman

Votes: 103,991 | Gross: $1.33M

4. Mississippi Burning (1988)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif

Votes: 111,182 | Gross: $34.60M

5. The Invitation (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

When a man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, the unsettling past reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.

Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman, Tammy Blanchard

Votes: 119,181 | Gross: $0.23M

6. Death on the Nile (1978)

PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin

Votes: 39,871

7. Murder by Numbers (2002)

R | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Two gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt

Votes: 62,448 | Gross: $31.95M

8. Searching (III) (2018)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.

Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La

Votes: 180,071 | Gross: $26.02M

9. Irrational Man (2015)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Joe Stapleton

Votes: 67,136 | Gross: $4.03M

10. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,369 | Gross: $0.08M

11. What Keeps You Alive (2018)

R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller

Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.

Director: Colin Minihan | Stars: Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Martha MacIsaac, Joey Klein

Votes: 9,624

12. The Investigation (2020)

42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

Stars: Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård

Votes: 7,707

13. The Night Stalker (1972 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Mystery

An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 7,392

14. Secrets of a Marine's Wife (2021 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama

Based on the book by NYT Bestselling author, Shanna Hogan, Secrets of a Marine's Wife.

Director: Manu Boyer | Stars: Sadie Calvano, Evan Roderick, Tom Stevens, Emma Johnson

Votes: 290

15. Eating Raoul (1982)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger

Votes: 9,184

16. Murder in Mississippi (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood, CCH Pounder

Votes: 535

17. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After his father dies, a disturbed young boy plots to take revenge on the new man in his mother's life.

Director: Lewis John Carlino | Stars: Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham

Votes: 1,647

18. Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.

Director: John Derek | Stars: Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, Don Murray, Julie Newmar

Votes: 2,944

19. Melinda and Melinda (2004)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 33,217 | Gross: $3.83M

20. A Matter of Justice (1993 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 240 min | Drama, Thriller

True story about the mother of a murder victim seeking to bring her son's widow to justice and gain custody of her granddaughter.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Patty Duke, Martin Sheen, Alexandra Powers, Jason London

Votes: 639

21. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence

Votes: 5,868

22. Fair Game (1988)

R | 81 min | Horror, Thriller

Gene, a clever but seriously deranged computer-game designer, has been left by his wife Eva. Unable to win her back, he decides to take revenge by locking Eva in her new apartment, inside which he has released a deadly mamba snake.

Director: Mario Orfini | Stars: Trudie Styler, Gregg Henry, Bill Moseley

Votes: 620

23. Sherlock Holmes (2013)

44 min | Crime, Drama

A Russian crime drama series, based on the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Stars: Andrey Panin, Igor Petrenko, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Votes: 455

24. Oh Mercy! (2019)

119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A police chief in northern France tries to solve a case where an old woman was brutally murdered.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Roschdy Zem, Léa Seydoux, Sara Forestier, Antoine Reinartz

Votes: 2,512

25. The Maid (2005)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

"Every year, for thirty days during the lunar seventh month, the Chinese believe that the gates of hell are thrown open. Vengeful spirits or hungry ghosts wander among the living, seeking ... See full summary »

Director: Kelvin Tong | Stars: Alessandra De Rossi, Huifang Hong, Benny Soh, Zhenwei Guan

Votes: 1,313

26. Crime in the Streets (1956)

Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell

Votes: 1,389

27. The Evictors (1979)

PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A nice young couple move into an eerie house which is located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history, and soon find themselves tormented by the previous owners.

Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, Sue Ane Langdon

Votes: 1,343

28. Cult Killer (2006 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary

On January 7th 2005, 29 year old Rick Rodriguez murdered his former nanny and then killed himself on a lonely desert highway. Hours earlier he had videoed his suicide note and this final ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Godwin | Stars: Ricky Rodriguez, David Berg, Don Irwin, Judy Irwin

Votes: 68

29. The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill (1966)

X | 74 min | Comedy, Drama

Kissy Hill, the daughter of a notorious madam in 19th Century London, follows in her late mother's footsteps with prositution in catering to various upper class gentlemen.

Director: Peter Perry Jr. | Stars: Stacey Walker, William Rotsler, Linda Cochran, Ora Kittle

Votes: 164

30. Latin Boys Go to Hell (1997)

Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

A cute, openly gay latin boy's hormones go into overdrive when his hunky cousin (Angel) arrives for an extended stay. The two explore the young and sometimes dangerous gay scene in the city's Latin neighborhood, with surprising outcomes.

Director: Ela Troyano | Stars: Irwin Ossa, John Bryant, Jenifer Lee Simard, Alexis Artiles

Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.10M

31. The Virgin Killer (2014 TV Movie)

65 min | Documentary, Crime

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Director: Talya Tibbon | Stars: Lucy Briers, Cayla Bergman, Junan Chen, Park Dietz

Votes: 49

32. 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

33. Kaya kong abutin ang langit (1984)

Drama

A highly ambitious goddaughter abuses all her relationships to reach high society, crushing her integrity as she tries to quench her thirst for power and influence.

Director: Maryo J. de los Reyes | Stars: Maricel Soriano, Charito Solis, Ronaldo Valdez, Liza Lorena

Votes: 11

34. Supposition (2021)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After his classmate is charged with the murder of their professor and forced to fire her incompetent lawyer, first-year law student Calvin West takes on the case himself.

Director: Dante Costello | Stars: Tahmoh Penikett, Autumn T. Dang, Dan McDougall, Caroline Buzanko

35. On the Rocks (2011)

Short, Drama

Suspecting an adulterous affair between her husband and the neighbor, Kelly takes matters into her own hands with her deadly flair for gardening.

Director: Jordan Shankman | Stars: Angela Brown, Phil Parham, Katie Lanier, Craig Michael Beck

36. The Rawhide Terror (1934)

Approved | 52 min | Western

Twelve renegades dressed as Indians kill the parents of two brothers. The brothers who have similar birth marks then separate. Ten years later a man known as the Rawhide Terror is murdering the renegades who are now town citizens.

Directors: Bruce Mitchell, Jack Nelson | Stars: Art Mix, Edmund Cobb, William Desmond, William Barrymore

Votes: 183

37. Misao (1978 TV Movie)

79 min | Drama

In 1902 in St. Petersburg, Russia, loner scientist Anton Kerzhentsevi studies primates. He's attracted to Tatyana, his friend Alexis' wife. As Anton slowly goes mad, he starts planning on how to kill his friend and get away with it.

Director: Ljubomir Draskic | Stars: Nikola Simic, Svetlana Bojkovic, Irfan Mensur, Branko Cvejic

38. Kids Who Kill (2014 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Crime

The cases of British child murderers Daniel Bartlam, Santre Sanchez Gayle, the Doran brothers, the Victoria Station gang, and Robert Thompson & Jon Venables.

Director: Andy Dunn | Stars: Ben Daniels, Daniel Bartlam, David Canter, Albert Kirby

Votes: 19

39. Let's Eat (2019)

4 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A girl invites an unusual guest over for dinner.

Director: Aurora Hindman | Star: Mia Van Deloo

40. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Murder by the Book (1971)

TV-PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, he becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Rosemary Forsyth, Martin Milner

Votes: 5,231

41. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: The Conversion (1995)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An omniscient friendly stranger tries to convince a man on the run who tried to kill his corrupt backstabbing boss but ended up accidentally killing three bystanders instead that there is a way for him to redeem himself.

Director: Rebecca De Mornay | Stars: John Savage, Beau Starr, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley

Votes: 673

42. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode: Paint Me a Murder (1984)

75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Luke Lorenz is a artist whose paintings don't sell. His imaginative wife Sandra reasons that sales of his works would increase tenfold if he were to die, so they fake his death.

Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Michelle Phillips, James Laurenson, David Robb, Alan Lake

Votes: 120

43. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Die 13. Gesellschaft (1993)

59 min | Crime, Drama

The taxi driver , Max Knote,was driving in the neighborhood of St. Martin when a car crashed against an advertising pillar.The woman died immediately, she was a prostitute and recently ... See full summary »

Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 22

44. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Ancient Voices (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A rich Hollywood lawyer is jealous when his wife tries to contact her dead ex-husband, so he kills her and frames the medium. Young eccentric rookie cop assigned to the case begins his investigation. Old western star Clete helps him.

Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Myron Natwick, Richard Anderson, Doug McClure

Votes: 82

45. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Conversation Over a Corpse (1987)

TV-PG | 24 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two strange sisters who will do anything to keep a gentlemanly creditor from selling their house ask him to come to their house for a cup of tea.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Babcock, John Vernon, Kate Reid

Votes: 97

46. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Don't Sell Yourself Short (1989)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Insider trading leads to murder and a double-cross.

Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Leon Pownall, David Soul, Harvey Atkin

Votes: 85

47. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Fogbound (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On a fogbound night haunted by a serial killer, a man plans to seek revenge on the woman he blames for his girlfriend's murder.

Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Mendel, Jonathan Crombie

Votes: 116

48. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: For Art's Sake (1989)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An artist who by mutual agreement takes credit for his wife's work secretly cheats on her with their art dealer. His mistress turns jealous and demands that he chooses between her and his wife. Fearing for his career, he opts for murder.

Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Bruce Gray, Simon Williams, Sheila McCarthy

Votes: 84

49. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Four O'Clock (1986)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A vengeful judge sets a lethal trap for his cheating wife and her mysterious lover but things don't go as planned.

Director: Andrew Mirisch | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Kenneth McMillan, Ellen Tobie, Richard Cox

Votes: 119

50. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Hippocritic Oath (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A failing medical student plans to use murder to graduate.

Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Shaun Cassidy, Mavor Moore, Cynthia Belliveau

Votes: 101