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

51. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: In the Name of Science (1989)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A scientist barters his freedom with a formula.

Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Ziegler, Dirk Benedict, Catherine Disher

Votes: 106

52. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Man on the Edge (1987)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A desperate man threatens to jump from his hotel window. In hopes of changing his mind, a dedicated police negotiator tries to get him to tell him the reason why. He won't like the answer.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Mark Hamill, Michael Ironside, David B. Nichols

Votes: 113

53. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Night Fever (1985)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A cop-killer shot while robbing a liquor store tries to charm a nurse into helping him escape.

Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Robert Carradine, Lisa Pelikan, Basil Hoffman, Deborah Richter

Votes: 169

54. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Hunted: Part 2 (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The sniper's hostage learns his motive.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Woodward, Kate Trotter, David Fox

Votes: 98

55. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Impatient Patient (1987)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Aggressively cheerful female hospital volunteer irritates a dying old man. After she kills his pet mouse, he decides to kill her but she unknowingly keeps ruining his murder plots.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, E.G. Marshall, Patricia Hamilton, Patricia Collins

Votes: 98

56. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: VCR - Very Careful Rape (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman is raped while she is recording videotape message.

Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Melissa Sue Anderson, Cedric Smith, Cheryl Wilson

Votes: 104

57. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Wake Me When I'm Dead (1985)

TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

To prove his case, a skeptical prosecutor agrees that a female murder suspect, who claims that, when she killed her husband, she was in fact possessed by one of the people she was in her previous lives, be hypnotized again.

Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Brian Bedford, Buck Henry, Reid Shelton

Votes: 119

58. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Werewolves (2006)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The CSI's investigate the death of a very hairy man. At a quick glance, the body can be easily mistaken for a werewolf. The man died from a gun shot wound. He, along with his sister, has a ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 787

59. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Alarm auf Revier 12 (1975)

59 min | Crime, Drama

A professional burglar gets out of jail after eight years and immediately starts a new series of crimes. When he shoots an informant the police closes in on him.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Gert Haucke, Rosemarie Fendel

Votes: 94

60. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Besuch aus New York (1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A woman who barely survives a traffic incident tells Derrick about a strange car that caused the crash.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Léonie Thelen

Votes: 73

61. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Da läuft eine Riesensache (1988)

58 min | Crime, Drama

An unsuccessful actor gets an offer he can't afford to refuse. Genetic heritage must not keep him from succeeding.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Amadeus August

Votes: 64

62. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Gesang der Nachtvögel (1997)

58 min | Crime, Drama

The young Lorenz Rosenfeld meets Bernd Weinding who belongs to an organization about new universal thinking.Lorenz is seduced by Marga, Bernd's sister.Lorenz allows a lawyer to manage his bank accounts.

Director: Wigbert Wicker | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Nikolaus Gröbe, Roswitha Schreiner

Votes: 50

63. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Hausmusik (1982)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Berthold Dettmers answers his phone and leaves his home. Out in the street, he is run over by a car that speeds off the scene right away.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Wolfgang Reichmann

Votes: 72

64. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Manuels Pflegerin (1984)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Dr. Rohm invites Dr. Masilke to visit him for a few weeks. But on the first night already, their meeting is canceled due to force majeure.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Herbert Fleischmann

Votes: 65

65. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: On the Toad Again (1991)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Kelsey and Sollers represent Suzanne Hamil, an obsessive woman charged with murdering her married lover, in which both her and Sollers resort to drastic measures to get their client ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 29

66. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Since I Fell for You (1991)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Kelsey faces disbarment for revealing knowledge of her former client Suzanne Hamil's murder obtained through attorney-client privilege. Victor, now an independent lawyer, is representing ... See full summary »

Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 35

67. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: The Green Man (2003)

TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby and Troy tackle two separate cases as Troy prepares to leave Midsomer after his promotion to DI.

Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,113

68. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Reaper (1989)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An elderly man in a nursing home, who's terrified of death, makes a deal with the Grim Reaper - if he gets more souls for Death, he gets to live a bit longer. Things complicate when he falls for a caring elderly nurse..

Director: John Lafia | Stars: Barbara Billingsley, George D. Wallace, Curt Lowens, Catherine Blue

Votes: 92

69. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Taps (1989)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A professional dancer and actress who seeks independence from her possessive dancing partner and boyfriend poisons and then dismembers him, but his severed leg in a red tap shoe seeks revenge, in this dark comedy.

Director: David Misch | Stars: Mary Jo Keenen, Neal Jones, Dan Frazer

Votes: 137

70. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: I'll Never Leave You - Ever/There Aren't Any More MacBanes (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Two vignettes about the black arts: Adulterous Morah uses witchcraft to dispose of her sickly husband Owen. / Arthur Porter threatens to cut off his freeloading nephew, who turns to the occult for revenge and summons a demon.

Directors: Daniel Haller, John Newland | Stars: Joel Grey, Lois Nettleton, Royal Dano, Howard Duff

Votes: 291

71. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost (1972)

TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Steven Macy lusts after his boss' wife and plans to use an earwig to be rid of him. / The government plays up to a genius' delusion that his dead daughter still lives so he can finish his experiments even though his mind is still clouded.

Directors: Timothy Galfas, Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Ed Nelson, Joanna Pettet, William Windom

Votes: 450

72. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar/The Last Laurel (1971)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After years of competition in business, lonely widower Randy Lane recalls better times when he and his wife used to visit a local bar. / Crippled Marius Davis uses astral projection to exact revenge on his wife Susan and her lover.

Directors: Daryl Duke, Don Taylor | Stars: William Windom, Diane Baker, Bert Convy, John Randolph

Votes: 569

73. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: Let's Play Poison (1992)

TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After witnessing a student's accidental death because of bullying, a teacher vows to put children in their place but they plan to do the same to him.

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Shane Thomas Meier, Adam Derges, Warren Graves

Votes: 103

74. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (1989)

Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A bum displays his ability to resurrect himself.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: John Kassir, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Wuhl, Kathleen York

Votes: 1,711

75. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: The Thing from the Grave (1990)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

When an abusive agent learns that his sexy model of a girlfriend is cheating on him with a photographer, he kills him and later kidnaps his girlfriend, but soon learns the love is more powerful in death

Director: Fred Dekker | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Teri Hatcher, Kyle Secor, John Kassir

Votes: 1,190

76. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: You, Murderer (1995)

Not Rated | 27 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Plastic surgery makes a criminal look like Humphrey Bogart. Years later, he's a successful businessman. His angry wife finds out about his past and threatens him. He asks his plastic surgeon friend to end her. Twist after twist ensues.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Sherilyn Fenn

Votes: 742

77. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Monster in the Box (2007)

TV-PG | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Grissom thinks the miniature killer is dead, until he receives another miniature crime scene. However, unlike the others, this one predicts a crime scene that hasn't happened yet.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 856

78. Power, Privilege & Justice (2002– )
Episode: Over the Edge (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

Lake Tahoe investigators spent two and and a half years building a case of premeditated murder against wealthy Peter Bergna, claiming he staged the accident that left his wife, Rinette ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Murray | Stars: Dominick Dunne, John Henry Kurtz, James Beltron, Peter Bergna

Votes: 10

79. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: The Slaying Sweethearts (2009)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

Having told neighbors and police that her house had been broken into and her mother and brother murdered by Albanian thugs, Erika De Nardo's story began to crumble upon a closer police ... See full summary »

Directors: Steve Allen, Chris Triffo | Stars: Bill Courage, Kathleen Podtepa, Mike Navid, Fred Anderson

80. Feli from Germany (2018– )
Episode: These Nazi Laws Still Exist TODAY! (2024)

18 min | Documentary

When the German republic was established in 1949 a new constitution with new laws was adopted. But a few laws are hold overs from the Nazi years.

Star: Felicia Hofner

81. Inside No. 9 (2014–2024)
Episode: The Riddle of the Sphinx (2017)

TV-MA | 31 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A professor at the University of Cambridge attempts to teach a student how to solve a cryptic crossword.

Director: Guillem Morales | Stars: Alexandra Roach, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Votes: 2,212