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1. Castle (2009–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 174,397
2. Columbo (1971–2003)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby
Votes: 41,990
3. Knives Out (2019)
PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 773,732 | Gross: $165.36M
4. Insomnia (2002)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan
Votes: 319,157 | Gross: $67.36M
5. Swimming Pool (2003)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Charles Dance, Ludivine Sagnier, Jean-Marie Lamour
Votes: 48,345 | Gross: $10.11M
6. Tamara Drewe (2010)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Roger Allam
Votes: 22,652 | Gross: $0.56M
7. Insomnia (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Maria Mathiesen, Gisken Armand
Votes: 15,587 | Gross: $0.22M
8. Blithe Spirit (2020)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer's block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife, which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Michele Dotrice
Votes: 8,558
9. Her Alibi (1989)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino
Votes: 7,802 | Gross: $18.70M
10. Night Monster (1942)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, Irene Hervey
Votes: 1,853
11. A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Horror
A crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive takes a sudden interest in his movie script.
Directors: Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell | Stars: Simon Pegg, Paul Freeman, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins
Votes: 15,208
12. East Side, West Side (1949)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A vain businessman puts a strain on happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner
Votes: 2,509
13. 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
14. Christmas on 5th Avenue (2021 TV Movie)
89 min | Romance
Hopeless romantic Eva Jordan decorates a spectacular Manhattan Penthouse for Christmas and brings moody writer Lucas Blade some joy for the holidays.
Director: Amy Force | Stars: Kathryn Davis, Olivier Renaud, Kate Vernon, Nigel Bennett
Votes: 523
15. Sjätte dagen (1999–2001)
44 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
the center was the mysterious murder of Felicia Ekebladh
Stars: Dag Malmberg, Charlotta Jonsson, Ann Lundgren, Sunil Munshi
Votes: 117
16. Murder by the Book (2006– )
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Well-known crime authors talk about some of the most compelling true crime stories that have long captivated them.
Stars: Ron McLarty, G. Larry Butler, Kalina Justice, Stephen Thomas Young
Votes: 47
17. Every Madman to His Specialty (1939)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A scared horror writer is sent to what he believes is a sanatorium to treat him for his fears, but it turns out to be a haunted castle where he becomes embroiled in a rich family's internal battles for a coveted inheritance.
Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Enrique Herrera, Joaquín Pardavé, Gloria Marín, Antonio R. Frausto
Votes: 83
18. Angel's Flight (1965)
77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series of murders involving a stripper (Indus Arthur) are investigated by a hard-drinking reporter (William Thourlby) in this late-entry film-noir.
Directors: Raymond Nassour, Kenneth W. Richardson | Stars: William Thourlby, Warren J. Kemmerling, Michael Fox, Kathleen Gallant
Votes: 128
19. The Visitor (2017 Video)
Short, Thriller
A struggling crime writer spends his days writing stories that rarely gets published.He is accompanied by his two jobless friends who sometimes get lucky enough to get short time jobs. ... See full summary »
Director: Vaibhav Tailang | Stars: Abhishek Bhatt, Ravi Dubey, Anurag Maurya, Vipul Rawat
20. 3 Acts of Murder (2009 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama
In 1929 Arthur Upfield, Australia's premier crime writer, plotted the perfect murder for his novel The Sands of Windee. Meanwhile, one of his friends, stock-man Snowy Rowles, put the scheme... See full summary »
Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Robert Menzies, Luke Ford, Bille Brown, Bill McCluskey
Votes: 148
21. Whistling in the Dark (1933)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster who hopes to get the writer's help in devising the "perfect crime."
Directors: Elliott Nugent, Charles Reisner | Stars: Ernest Truex, Una Merkel, Edward Arnold, John Miljan
Votes: 348
22. Domovoy (2008)
104 min | Thriller
A novelist struggling with writer's block enlists the aid of an assassin for some inspiration -- fully unaware that he is being set up to take the blame for a murder.
Director: Karen Oganesyan | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov, Chulpan Khamatova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Votes: 1,424
23. V.I.P. vrazdy (2016– )
60 min | Comedy, Crime
Stars: Sona Norisová, Patrik Dergel, Jan Révai, Jirí Dvorák
Votes: 47
24. Fröken Chic (1959)
91 min | Comedy
An agent on the brink of bankruptcy finds a reluctant singing talent on a TV quiz show.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Sickan Carlsson, Hasse Ekman, Meg Westergren, Herman Ahlsell
Votes: 166
25. Taková normální rodinka (1971– )
Comedy, Family
Legendary Czech TV sitcom about four generations living under the same roof in a small house.
Stars: Marie Rosulková, Dana Medrická, Jana Stepánková, Zdenek Rehor
Votes: 183
26. End of the Road (1944)
Approved | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder" is innocent of the crime. He believes he knows who the actual culprit is, and sets out to ... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Edward Norris, John Abbott, June Storey, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 78
27. A Place Among the Living (2003 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
A mediocre pulp novelist is approached by a stranger claiming to be a serial killer with a proposition to chronicle his crimes.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Christian Vadim, Thierry Gibault, Valérie Kaprisky, Cécile Bois
Votes: 117
28. Das Nachtgespenst (1953)
86 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Carl Boese | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Hans Reiser, Harald Paulsen, Elena Luber
29. The Long Goodbye: Elliot Gould discusses the film with Michael Connelly (2012 Video)
53 min | Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Elliott Gould Discusses The Long Goodbye - a conversation with crime novelist Michael Connelly, recorded in March 2012.
Stars: Michael Connelly, Elliott Gould
30. Jack the Ripper: Prime Suspect (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Crime
Forensic scientists use modern methods to point to a previously undiscovered suspect.
Director: Franco di Chiera | Stars: Dennis Cometti, Brett Allen, Eliot Buchan, Adam Cannel
Votes: 84
31. Murder by Rope (1936)
64 min | Drama, Mystery
Scotland Yard sends a handwriting expert to a country house full of people with guilty secrets in order to solve a murder.
Director: George Pearson | Stars: D.A. Clarke-Smith, Sunday Wilshin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Dorothy Hamilton
Votes: 25
32. Tonight or Never (1941)
85 min | Comedy
A famous crime novelist checks in at a hotel in the mountains under false identity.
Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Åke Söderblom, Thor Modéen, Sickan Carlsson, Barbro Kollberg
Votes: 51
33. Klettermaxe (1952)
86 min | Comedy
A masked hero scales the walls of buildings and relieves burglars of the money or valuables they've stolen. He donates the stolen goods to charity and turns the criminals over to the ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Hoffmann | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Albert Lieven, Charlott Daudert, Madelon Truß
Votes: 34
34. Paklíc (1944)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director: Miroslav Cikán | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Jirina Steimarová, Jaroslav Marvan, Vlasta Hrubá
Votes: 40
35. Agatha Christie: A Portrait (2014 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Star: Mathew Prichard
36. Stieg Trenter - Ett porträtt (1987 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary, Biography
A portrait of Swedish crime writer Stieg Trenter (1914 - 1967), born Stig Johansson, he started out by using the name Stieg Trenter as pseudonym but soon changed his name to this in real ... See full summary »
Director: Pelle Seth | Stars: Stieg Trenter, Olof Hoffsten, Bertil Widerberg, Åke Runnquist
37. Murder on the Orient Express: Interview with producer Richard Goodwin (2017 Video)
18 min | Short, History, Mystery
Star: Richard Goodwin
38. Klettermaxe (1927)
A masked hero scales the walls of buildings and relieves burglars of what money or valuables they've stolen. He donates the stolen goods to charity and turns the criminals over to the ... See full summary »
Director: Willy Reiber | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Corry Bell, Ruth Weyher, Paul Heidemann
39. The Long Goodbye: Maxim Jakubowski on Hard Boiled Fiction (2013 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
Crime writer and critic Maxim Jakubowski discusses the emergence of hard boiled detective characters from the pages of the pulp magazines from the 1920s through to the 1950s.
Stars: Maxim Jakubowski, Nina van Pallandt
40. Co v detektivce nebylo (2013 TV Movie)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director: Jaroslav Brabec | Stars: Miroslav Donutil, Ivana Chýlková, Ondrej Brzobohatý, Marek Daniel
Votes: 13
41. Venice West (2016)
14 min | Short, Drama
A burnt-out writer, the writer's free-loving wife, and the wife's younger friend spend all night conversing over cigarettes and records in early '60s Los Angeles. Over the course of the ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Colvin | Stars: Erika Apelgren, Greg McKillop, Ianna Vasale
42. Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler (2006 Video)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: John Cork | Stars: Raymond Chandler, Ian Fleming
Votes: 38
43.
Comedy Playhouse (1961–2017)
Episode:
Underworld Knights
(1963)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Ron Moody, Bryan Pringle, Robert Raglan, Blake Butler
44.
Blue Murder (2001–2004)
Episode:
Midnight Man
(2004)
Drama, Crime
Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Joel Keller, Kari Matchett, Benz Antoine, Tracy Waterhouse
45.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
The French Drop
(2004)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
February 1941: A local murder investigation sidetracks Foyle's endeavor to pursue a position that would contribute more to the war effort as he finds himself caught between rival spy organizations.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Jake Harders, Mark Berry, Michael Kitchen, Amanda Pointer
Votes: 689
46.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Magazine Writer
(1956)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Highway Patrol conducts an intensive search for an endangered crime reporter who may know the identity of a murderer.
Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Mason Curry, Darlene Albert, Thomas Browne Henry
Votes: 78
47.
Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2019)
44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate if the 15-year-old boy convicted of murdering the landlady of the local inn in the sleepy Oxfordshire hamlet of Gallowstree Green in 1921 was truly guilty.
Directors: James Brailsford, Simon Cooper | Stars: Tony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass, David Radford
48.
The Sara Cox Show (2019– )
Episode:
Episode #1.26
(2019)
46 min | Talk-Show
Crime writer Val McDermid, actresses Jill Halfpenny and Olivia Bromley and Swedish singer Léon are the guests joining Sara this morning.
Director: John Adams | Stars: Sara Cox, Olivia Bromley, Jill Halfpenny, Léon
49.
The Sara Cox Show (2019– )
Episode:
Episode #1.38
(2019)
46 min | Talk-Show
Sara is joined by author Melanie Blake, best-selling crime writer Stuart MacBride , actor and DJ Craig Charles and rock legends Status Quo.
Director: Ben Hardy | Stars: Sara Cox, Melanie Blake, Craig Charles, Stuart MacBride
50.
The Great Food Guys (2019– )
Episode:
Wild Food
(2020)
28 min | Reality-TV
Nick and Dougie focus on wild food and cook gnocchi with smoked haddock and wild greens.
Stars: Nick Nairn, Dougie Vipond, Billy Boyter, Val McDermid