Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "justifiable-homicide"

1. Training Day (2001)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger

Votes: 473,298 | Gross: $76.63M

2. Inherent Vice (2014)

R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston

Votes: 110,803 | Gross: $8.11M

3. Gilda (1946)

Approved | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 35,308

4. Out for Justice (1991)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

With his partner executed in broad daylight by a psychotic mafia enforcer, a veteran Brooklyn officer vows revenge. But is the unstoppable detective prepared to face the truth and pay the price of blood?

Director: John Flynn | Stars: Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa

Votes: 25,816 | Gross: $39.67M

5. L.A. Noire (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

Cole Phelps, a war hero and rookie cop, moves up the ranks and solves dark cases in 1940s Los Angeles.

Director: Brendan McNamara | Stars: Aaron Staton, Michael McGrady, Adam J. Harrington, Sean McGowan

Votes: 16,640

6. Criminal Law (1988)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Boston defense attorney gets his wealthy client off for murder, then suspects him of killing again.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young

Votes: 4,627 | Gross: $9.97M

7. Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne (2008)

TV-MA | 276 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Rin Asogi runs a private investigation agency in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, performing odd jobs. Despite attempts at a normal life, she finds herself constantly hindered by the strange cases that come her way.

Stars: Mamiko Noto, Rie Kugimiya, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jamie Marchi

Votes: 2,249

8. The Midnight Man (1974)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An ex-con, once a cop, now working as security in a college, decides to investigate the murder of one of the students, a daughter of a senator.

Directors: Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward

Votes: 1,330

9. One Good Cop (1991)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An NYPD Detective (Michael Keaton) and his struggle for justice, while taking care of his late partner's three little girls after he is killed in the line of duty.

Director: Heywood Gould | Stars: Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Conway

Votes: 4,536 | Gross: $11.28M

10. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, James Anthony Perez, Cheryce Livingston, Don Tempesta

Votes: 22

11. Sister, Sister (1987)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two sisters turn their family mansion in Louisiana into a guest house. One of their guests is an aide to a congressman, and turns their lives inside out.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey, Dennis Lipscomb

Votes: 1,393 | Gross: $0.74M

12. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Western

Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Billie Burke

Votes: 5,373

13. Repeat Performance (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway

Votes: 1,962

14. Pitfall (1948)

Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr

Votes: 4,544

15. Cover Up (1949)

TV-14 | 83 min | Film-Noir, Mystery

An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton, Art Baker

Votes: 1,362

16. The Abduction of Zack Butterfield (2011)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as an American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14 year old boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.

Director: Rick Lancaster | Stars: Brett Helsham, TJ Plunkett, Lisa Gunn, Aaron Letrick

Votes: 235

17. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Watanabe

Votes: 2,110

18. Millie (1931)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Millie's life begins to crumble when she finds out her husband is having an affair.

Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames, James Hall

Votes: 857

19. Right to Kill? (1985 TV Movie)

100 min | Crime, Drama

Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Frederic Forrest, Christopher Collet, Karmin Murcelo, Justine Bateman

Votes: 272

20. The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

Passed | 69 min | Drama, Mystery

When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart

Votes: 703

21. United Red Army (2007)

Not Rated | 190 min | Crime, Drama

The film outlines Japanese students movements in the 60s, then shows the formation of the Japanese United Red Army, a communist armed resistance group.

Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Maki Sakai, Arata Iura, Akie Namiki, Gô Jibiki

Votes: 882 | Gross: $0.00M

22. Counterplot (1959)

Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama

Man hides out in Puerto Rico from the police and his double-crossing attorney.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes, Gerald Milton, Jackie Wayne

Votes: 168

23. Two Against the World (1932)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A woman from high society must testify in a murder trial prosecuted by her suitor.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Constance Bennett, Neil Hamilton, Helen Vinson, Allen Vincent

Votes: 282

24. Sekigun-P.F.L.P: Sekai sensô sengen (1971)

69 min | Documentary

It was a milestone of film as activism, cinema as movement in Japan's context. Adachi and Wakamatsu went to Beirut on the way back from the Cannes Film Festival. There, in collaboration ... See full summary »

Directors: Masao Adachi, Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Mustafa Abu Ali, Masao Adachi, George Habash, Susumu Iwabuchi

Votes: 166

25. The Seagull's Laughter (2001)

Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or ... See full summary »

Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir, Heino Ferch, Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Votes: 697

26. A Wicked Woman (1934)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance

Naomi is almost to term with her fourth child when Ed decides to leave taking all their money and the oldest son Curtis. With the sheriff after him, he is in no mood to think of his family.... See full summary »

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Charles Bickford, Betty Furness

Votes: 228

27. Your Mommy Kills Animals! (2007)

R | 105 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at the animal rights movement and the FBI's recent declaration calling them the number one domestic terrorist threat to the United States.

Director: Curt Johnson | Stars: Greg Kelly, Paul Watson, Annemarie Lucas, Suzanne Whang

Votes: 210

28. Cops (1994 Video Game)

Unrated | Action, Crime

An interactive driving/shooting game based upon the TV series of the same name. You play a cop who must either shoot armed criminals while protecting the innocent or chase after escaping criminals in your patrol car.

Star: Valentina Marie Lomborg

Votes: 10

29. The Witness for the Defense (1919)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Stella Derrick is tried for the murder of her vicious husband. She is saved, apparently, by the false testimony of Henry Thresk. But Thresk has motives and malevolent plans of his own.

Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Elsie Ferguson, Vernon Steele, Warner Oland, Wyndham Standing

Votes: 57

30. Ne zarekaysya (2016– )

45 min | Drama, Romance

Life of a high school girl Ludmila Polischuk turns upside down one day, on 1 September. In the morning, the girl goes to school to celebrate the first studying day and instead of coming ... See full summary »

Stars: Valeriya Khodos, Vitaliy Saliy, Evgeniy Lebedin, Irina Novak

Votes: 12

31. Animal People: The Humane Movement in America (2006)

84 min | Documentary

The media has well documented the great social justice issues of the past and present-19th century struggles over the abolition of slavery, providing women with the vote, protecting ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Kaskel | Stars: Nanci Alexander, Cleveland Amory, Neal Barnard, Gene Baur

Votes: 10

32. Deadly Force (1980)

60 min | Documentary

In the early morning of August 4, 1977, a veteran Los Angeles police officer, from the Ramparts Division, stopped his car to investigate Ron Burkhold, a naked unarmed man on a street corner... See full summary »

Director: Richard Cohen

Votes: 6

33. What Every Woman Learns (1919)

50 min | Drama

Because Amy Fortesque's dying grandfather advises her to get all the joys out of life, she marries Dick Gaylord because he is funny, rather than Walter Melrose, a staid young lawyer who ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Enid Bennett, Irving Cummings, William Conklin, Lydia Knott

34. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: The Hero (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Chano deals with psychological trauma after killing two bank robbers. Liz makes a citizen's arrest of her assailant -- an eight-year-old boy.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail

Votes: 192

35. Kojak (2005)
Episode: All Bets Off: Part 1 (2005)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

The murder of a real estate developer leads Kojak to the man's lover and Kojak's personal friend, Kate McNeil, which unfortunately makes her jealous husband and Kojak's boss, Captain Frank McNeil, the prime suspect.

Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Ving Rhames, Chazz Palminteri, Roselyn Sanchez, Michael Kelly

Votes: 21

36. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode: P.E.T.A. (2004)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Documentary

Penn and Teller look at animal liberation and expose PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) as hypocrites.

Directors: Star Price, Kevin Barry, Christopher Poole, Scott Schaefer, Chip Selby, R.L. Shontell | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Steven Best, Rod Coronado

Votes: 283

37. No One Saw a Thing (2019–2021)
Episode: Don't Mess With Skidmore (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

The killing of Ken Rex McElroy wasn't the first public act of violence in Nodaway County. They admit their history of prejudice towards those who don't fit in. As the FBI arrives, the ... See full summary »

Director: Avi Belkin | Stars: David Baird, Steve Booher, Cheryl Bowenkamp, Tom Carneal

Votes: 22

38. Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode: Harlan Coben (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

Mark Winger, a husband and father, catches a man in the act of bludgeoning his wife to death.

Directors: Fred Peabody, Scooter Yancey | Stars: Ron McLarty, Donnah Winger, Mark Winger, Roger Harrington

39. True Crime Authors (2003– )
Episode: The Westies (2003)

Documentary

Adapted from the critically acclaimed true crime bestsellers, each author tells their infamous stories on-camera. Each story is told only from the author's perspective. Even among the Mob, ... See full summary »

Stars: T.J. English, Brian Bogulski, Jimmy Coonan, Roy DeMeo

40. Ragged Isle (2011–2014)
Episode: Original of the Species (2014)

14 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Dr. Hoffman absorbs shocking news and confronts someone he holds responsible for many of the island's tragedies. Meanwhile, Julie makes a disturbing discovery of her own.

Director: Barry A. Dodd | Stars: Brent Askari, Meghan Benton, Michael Best, Ian Carlsen

41. Aquarius (2015–2016)
Episode: Can You Take Me Back (2016)

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

Hodiak gets into trouble again with Internal Affairs, which changes his position in the precinct. Things are looking up for The Family when a music producer arrives to record Charlie's music.

Director: Timothy A. Good | Stars: David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont

Votes: 203