Best Little Known Crime Thriller Television (TV) Movies.
Best Crime Thriller Television (TV) Movies.
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- DirectorRobert DayStarsRichard AndersonKatharine RossHal HolbrookAllison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, wants her lover to try to kill her husband by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJack KlugmanElizabeth AshleyJames FranciscusDaniel Corban's wife Elizabeth disappeared after they had a fight. Then she shows up, yet he insists that the woman isn't actually his wife.
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsRobert CulpAngie DickinsonEddie AlbertKidnappers making a ransom demand dial a wrong number & reach a struggling actor instead. He decides to cut himself in for some of the money.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLouis JourdanLynda Day GeorgeCarroll O'ConnorA psychiatrist investigates a man possessed by a spirit living in an antique mirror that can bring dead people back to life.
- StarsRichard WidmarkSkye AubreyTom BosleyGovernment agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful Presidential adviser.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsJanet LeighJulie HarrisTim O'ConnorA detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsRichard BooneSuzanne PleshetteStella StevensA blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend, and hatches a plot to murder them both.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsElizabeth MontgomeryEileen HeckartSue Ane LangdonA wealthy woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsSally FieldJill HaworthJulie HarrisAn ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsDavid HartmanJane WyattRalph MeekerAfter a couple have an argument, the wife disappears. The husband searches for her, only to discover evidence that implicates him in her murder.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsTuesday WeldJoan HackettSam WaterstonThe wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsPeter GravesKatherine JusticePernell RobertsA government agent who is investigating a collegue's murder discovers a conspiracy to cover up a political assassination.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsValerie HarperRichard RomanusNicholas PryorA housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him murder a highway patrol officer.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsLauren HuttonDavid BirneyAdrienne BarbeauA woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
- DirectorPaul KrasnyStarsDon MeredithSarah PurcellJennifer SaltA police sergeant and a parole officer work together to stop a paroled rapist before he can follow through his threats on five women who had testified against him years earlier.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsKim BasingerRobert CulpStephen MachtStory of a young woman's murder and the people who become involved with it.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsRobert PrestonLynn RedgravePatrick MacneeA year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsAnthony HopkinsBlythe DannerSwoosie KurtzWhile an unfaithful criminal lawyer considers killing his wife, his spouse develops some schemes of her own.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsBarbara EdenLarry HagmanJohn RubinsteinA disillusioned homemaker on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home--and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsCloris LeachmanRoss MartinNed BeattyStranded at a roadside diner in the desert, a woman searches for her husband who has mysteriously disappeared from property.
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsKim DarbyJim HuttonBarbara AndersonA young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJudy MorrisIvar KantsRobert ColebyA young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsGeorge SegalTrevor HowardRobert MorleyRetired Lawyers amuse themselves by prosecuting, defending and judging a hapless traveler.
- DirectorArch NicholsonStarsSean GarlickRachel WardElaine CusickAfter being kidnapped for ransom by four criminals, a schoolteacher and her students flee into a cave and build fortifications in anticipation of a decisive battle with their captors.
- DirectorChris GerolmoStarsStephen ReaDonald SutherlandMax von SydowDuring the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsGig YoungAnne BaxterPatrick O'NealOne of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsDarren McGavinFritz WeaverBrian KellySpy suspense drama set in 1960's Berlin. Intrigue and double-cross lead Killian on a twisting path through love and loss.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsRoy ThinnesArthur HillJoan HackettThe neglected wife of an ambitious district attorney starts an affair with an ex-convict he had sent to prison. When her lover is found murdered, she begins to suspect that her husband did it.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsRichard CrennaAngie DickinsonCameron MitchellA professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsLee GrantJack WardenDon GallowayAfter a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBen GazzaraElizabeth AshleyMichael DouglasA woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
- DirectorTom GriesStarsCharles DurningRonny CoxZohra LampertAn out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsChad EverettBarbara HersheyCarole CookThe ex-girlfriend of a laywer/detective, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.
- DirectorJackie CooperStarsLauren BacallRuth GordonSandy DennisWomen whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe, posing as male robbers.
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsRobert MitchumAngie DickinsonMel FerrerA down-at-the-heels private detective is hired by a crime boss to find his missing wife. However, he soon finds out that everything isn't quite as cut and dried as he has been led to believe.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsStacy KeachTanya RobertsDon StroudMickey Spillane's private eye Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsJohnny CashAndy GriffithEarl HindmanIn 1948, in rural Georgia, Coweta County is watched over by its legendary, indomitable Sheriff Lamar Potts (Johnny Cash). No felony had ever gone unsolved while Sheriff Potts was in charge. In the next county, though, there is a vast estate known as "The Kingdom." It's ruled by one man, John Wallace (Andy Griffith), whose power is absolute and beyond the law. But when Wallace chases one of his underlings to deliver ruthless punishment, he makes a critical mistake. He crosses over into Coweta County... Sheriff Potts' territory. This is the compelling true story of the man who ran the Kingdom, and the man who brought him down.
- DirectorJack BenderStarsKathleen BellerMichael BrandonDennis FranzLaura Daniels, single and bored, finds new interest in life when she discovers an old ouija board. It appears, however, that the object's previous owner was murdered - and messages from beyond warn Laura that she may be next.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsMatt SalingerLisa EilbacherBonnie BartlettNew mother Laurie is lured into a trap that ends with her death and the kidnapping of her baby. The police consider it a murder-suicide caused by post-partum depression, but her husband Jack begins to suspect their son is still alive. Suddenly old memories surface which might be the key to the baby's whereabouts.
- DirectorCharles ThomsonChris ThomsonStarsStefanie PowersLloyd BridgesHunt BlockWhile jogging in New York Central Park, the rich widow Elena meets Eric. Although he's 10 years younger, she falls in love with him and they marry shortly after. Soon she discovers that he has a long-going affair with her secretary Claire. Elena suspects they're after her money.
- DirectorBill CondonStarsPierce BrosnanDey YoungAntoni CoroneAfter writing/publishing a book about a real murder trial, Charles returns to his college to teach creative writing - art of the thriller. 1st essay assigned: plan a perfect murder. Later someone uses it for murder.
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsDenholm ElliottJoss AcklandGlenda JacksonTaken from the book by John le Carré, George Smiley rallies to the aid of his former intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley, to investigate a mysterious letter from a junior master's wife at Carne School, a boy's school. When Smiley goes to Carne to investigate, he finds the junior master's wife brutualy murdered, with her husband as one of the suspects. Smiley begins to scratch at the surface of the closed-knit society of Carne, and soon begins to find that things are not as they seem. Secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy, Timothy Perkins, who is either another suspect, witness, or victim.
- StarsHector ElizondoBrian DennehyMel HarrisStill recuperating from his wife's untimely death, a lawyer must defend his probably dirty brother-in-law, a stockbroker under investigation. He discovers that everyone has dark secrets, including himself.
- DirectorJan EglesonStarsBryan BrownBrooke AdamsHarris YulinA retired asassin tries to make himself at home in New Mexico.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsRoy MarsdenSimon ChandlerKenneth ColleyCommander Dalgleish of Scotland Yard investigates the apparent murder of a well-known author who is found floating in a dinghy with his hands chopped off. The man, Maurice Seton, had recently been ejected from a private club when he was caught photographing some of its members at the gambling tables. The club had been under suspicion of laundering large amounts of cash and had been the object of a police investigation for some time. The case becomes more complex when the autopsy reveals that Seton died of natural causes and that his hands had been removed post-mortem. As the investigation continues, there appear to be no end to the number of people who would like to have seen Seton dead, including his brother Digby, who stands to inherit, and literary critic Oliver Latham who was perpetually in debt. In his personal life, Dalgleish's relationship with Deborah Riscoe comes to a crossroads when the investigation interferes with their private life.
- DirectorSteven SchachterStarsWilliam H. MacyAdam ArkinFelicity HuffmanA film critic accidentally kills his lover during a spat in which she falls and hits her head. In panic, he immediately covers up his involvement and leaves the apartment. A private investigator had been tailing the woman for her ex-husband. Realizing what happened, the investigator launches a blackmail scheme. The critic turns the tables after the investigator turns in his report. Meanwhile the police enter the case. Led by a detective with screenwriting ambitions, the chief suspect becomes the critic. But the detective's ambitions shrouds his judgment. He invites the critic to dinner and an affair with the detective's wife is initiated. Meanwhile, the critic's regular girl friend is suspicious of the whole affair.
- DirectorJoyce ChopraStarsGene WilderMike StarrTerry O'QuinnA widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised man in town.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsKhigh DhieghMakoSoon-Tek OhChina, 7th century. On their way to a provincial centre Judge Dee and his three wives spend the night at a taoist monastery. Soon the judge discovers that the secluded place holds a secret - the former abbot died of unnatural causes. After a number of mysterious events and more cases of murder Dee tracks down the true villain.
- DirectorIvan NagyStarsKaren ValentineWilliam DevaneDavid HuffmanThe police are looking for a serial killer. A woman who appears to be one of the killer's victims, who survive is brought to the police. Only problem is that she has amnesia and doesn't remember anything. So a detective tries to help her.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsTed DansonRichard MasurRachel TicotinA Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.
- DirectorHarry WinerStarsBarbara HersheyJane AlexanderMorgan WeisserThe dark tale of the controversial romance of a small town teenage boy named Michael Kettman and a free-spirited older married woman named Jimmie Sue Finger. Jimmie Sue and her younger lover plot to murder her husband.
- DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsRobert CulpEli WallachMichael C. GwynneTwo scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
- DirectorReza BadiyiStarsPeter HaskellJoan BennettBarbara RushA young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave. He helps a girl investigate her brother's alleged murder.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsLynda CarterSteve ForrestGranville Van DusenA beautiful telephone operator is stalked by a murderous madman.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsRichard WidmarkKeith CarradineKathleen QuinlanA police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.
- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsRosanna ArquetteAnthony PerkinsWill PattonA woman fears that the private detective she's been conversing with may be the killer who murdered her beloved friend and dumped her corpse in the forest.
- DirectorBradford MayStarsChristopher ReeveRoxann DawsonFrancis GuinanA serial killer confesses to a priest, who becomes a suspect and a sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
- DirectorJohn PeyserStarsJanet LeighRossano BrazziCesare DanovaWhile vacationing with her husband in Italy, a middle-aged woman wakes up one morning to find that the man in bed with her is an impostor. He, however, claims that he is her husband, and she cannot get anyone to believe her.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsOlivia de HavillandEd NelsonLaraine StephensA wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground who has been buried alive. Her family, however, refuses to believe her story, and sees the incident as an opportunity to prove the woman's mind has snapped so they can take control of her money.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsJohn ForsytheEarl HollimanRalph MeekerA man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.