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51. The Detective (2007)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
A private detective is drawn into a complex murder mystery when he is hired to track down a missing young woman.
Director: Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Kai-Chi Liu, Tak-Bun Wong, Siu-Ming Lau
Votes: 1,313
52. Samurai Princess (2009)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Horror
AS group of young schoolgirls walking through the woods is attacked and raped by a gang of thugs. Only one of the girls survives, but is badly injured. She is found by a scientist who takes... See full summary »
Director: Kengo Kaji | Stars: Aino Kishi, Dai Mizuno, Asuka Kataoka, Mao Shiina
Votes: 957
53. Cousin Angelica (1974)
107 min | Drama
After being given permission to re-inter his mother's body in their family vault, a middle-aged man who survived the Spanish Civil War as a child returns home and relives old memories.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Lina Canalejas, Fernando Delgado, María Clara Fernández de Loaysa
Votes: 1,218
54. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.
Director: Tanya Stephan
Votes: 68
55. Haunted High (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A New England private school is visited by a demonic dead headmaster.
Director: Jeffery Scott Lando | Stars: Jonathan Baron, Gabe Begneaud, Charisma Carpenter, Marc Donato
Votes: 1,605
56. The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter (2009)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Crime
"The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter" walks in the footsteps of the Manson Family, visiting over 40 locations related to the infamous Tate/LaBianca murders, and tying together the dozens of ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Dorsey | Stars: Ron Hale, Craig Harvey, Nikki Medlin, Scott Michaels
Votes: 717
57. Madamigella di Maupin (1966)
95 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Mlle de Maupin escapes from her uncle's castle, invaded by Hungarian troops, under the guise of a clergyman named Theodore. An army recruiter forces Theodore to enlist in the King's army, ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Robert Hossein, Tomas Milian, Mikaela
Votes: 199
59. Spongecake (2012)
11 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Part Sci Fi action thriller, part dark comedy, 'Spongecake' is a post apocalyptic mini-movie depicting a day in the life of a soldier as he struggles to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
Directors: Matthew Reyna, Andrew Reyna | Stars: Austin Gonzales, Mark Gonzales
60.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Bad to the Bone
(2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A strong and tall man follows another man in the casino to the parking lot. Soon the CSI team comes to the casino to investigate the murder of the man, Tony Sciarra, who was brutally beaten... See full summary »
Director: David Grossman | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 805
61.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Bodies in Motion
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
CSI team goes back to investigate crime scenes as a team, re-united together after the traumatic experience in season five finale. Nick's kidnap case audio tape arrives at the laboratory.
Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 757
62.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Bully for You
(2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Shameless yet rather popular "cool" high-school bully Barry Shickle is found shot in the boys' bathroom. Shy Dennis Fram, a favorite daily victim, was at his wits' end. The school ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 882
63.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Down the Drain
(2004)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a corpse is found in a storm drain gate, Grissom, Warrick and Catherine investigate the case. Warrick and Catherine follow the storm drain and find that the victim is the lifeguard ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 798
64.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Viva Las Vegas
(2004)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Greg has found a replacement in the DNA lab, Chandra Moore, and introduces her to the co-workers. Capt. Brass, Grissom and Greg, in his first case, investigate the death of an unidentified ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 818
65.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Who Are You?
(2000)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Department protocol is violated when Catherine investigates her ex-husband's rape accusation.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 1,066
66.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
American Dreamers
(2004)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A skeleton of a teenage boy is found on a tour bus, completely dressed up. Evidence shows that he has been dead for at least a decade.
Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 426
67.
Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode:
The Endangered Species
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cannon's friend, a yacht builder, is framed for killing his son on a hunting trip.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: William Conrad, Carl Betz, Katherine Justice, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 108
68.
Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode:
A Perfect Day
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The remains of a small girl are found under a bridge. The story goes back to the 60's and turns out the girl has a twin sister still alive. A sad family story begins to unravel.
Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 611
69.
Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode:
Disco Inferno
(2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team investigates a 1978 case where 22 people were killed in a fire at a popular disco after new evidence shows that one of the victims was shot before the fire.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 502
70.
Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode:
Sherry Darlin'
(2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man calls Detective Lilly Rush to confess that he murdered his grandmother in 1989 and buried her in the basement of his old house.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 532
71.
Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode:
The House
(2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Outside a prison, the bones of an inmate who tried to escape during the broadcast of Johnny Cash's prison concert in 1968 are found in an old underground escape tunnel. Suspiciously, that ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 466
72.
Cold Squad (1998–2005)
Episode:
Stephanie Jordan
(1998)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a woman's buried body is discovered four years after supposedly being kidnapped, Ali attempts to tie her death to her husband, a prominent TV news anchor.
Director: T.W. Peacocke | Stars: Julie Stewart, Michael Hogan, Joy Tanner, Paul Boretski
Votes: 31
73.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Popular Kids
(2005)
TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The apparent death by Satanic ritual brings the BAU to a small town, and the profiling morphs into a search when it's learned that a teenage girl is missing.
Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore
Votes: 2,926
74.
Gargoyles (1994–1997)
Episode:
Grief
(1995)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The World Tourers come to Egypt where they find a grieving Emir plotting to enslave the death god, Anubis.
Directors: Takamitsu Kawamura, Kazuo Terada | Stars: Brigitte Bako, Clancy Brown, Keith David, Jonathan Frakes
Votes: 187
75.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Bones of Contention
(1975)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Raymond Parmel, a murderous former soldier, claims to have the remains of Peking Man, the fossilized bones of prehistoric humans found in China in the 1930s that disappeared shortly after ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Green | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Keene Curtis
Votes: 116
76.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Highest Castle, Deepest Grave
(1971)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two skeletons, a man and a woman killed ten years ago, are discovered. One of them comprise the remains of the former right-hand man of Mondrago, a prominent businessman. McGarrett ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong
Votes: 151
77.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Bones of Contention
(1999)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A skeleton of a young woman is discovered, leading to the solution of a long-forgotten bank robbery. Finding her killer is more difficult when one suspect is dead and the other two accuse ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Richard Belzer, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Gerety, Clark Johnson
Votes: 104
78.
Jumanji (1996–1999)
Episode:
An Old Story
(1997)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After returning from Jumanji, Peter and Judy find themselves growing older. At first, they think it's cool to be teenagers.
Director: Andy Thom | Stars: Bill Fagerbakke, Debi Derryberry, Ashley Johnson, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 42
79.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Agony
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a woman is brutally attacked, the police believe they have stumbled on a serial killer. Prosecutors struggle with how to put him away for life with little evidence.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 335
80.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
American Dream
(1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of skeletal remains on Roosevelt Island leads to a new trial for a former Wall Steet junk bond broker now serving time in the victim's murder. The defendant chooses to act as his own counsel.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 329
81.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Ramparts
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a dead body inside a Volkswagen van dumped in a river leads Briscoe and Curtis to investigate the disappearance of a campus radical from the late 1960s.
Director: Matthew Penn | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 309
82.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
The Ring
(2002)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ring found on a skeleton in Hell's Kitchen indicates that the victim is a woman who was reportedly killed in the World Trade Center on 9-11. A member of a powerful political New York family is charged with her murder.
Director: Richard Dobbs | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 341
83.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Dead
(2002)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Several people are murdered, and Goren and Eames must find what connected them. Soon the detectives realize they are after a very intelligent and dangerous killer.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 449
84.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Great Barrier
(2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Goren has to interrogate his chameleon-like nemesis, Nicole Wallace, when she becomes a suspect in the slaying of a jewelry thief.
Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 352
85.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Legion
(2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a father and son are found with their throats cut, detectives Goren and Eames find everyone in the victims' supposedly "low-crime" neighborhood strangely reluctant to cooperate with the murder investigation.
Directors: Frank Prinzi, Steve Shill | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 332
86.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Charisma
(2004)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A career con artist, forger and thief turns to murder and serial pedophilia to populate the cult he created and get his hands on a multi-million dollar trust fund.
Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,364
87.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Denial
(2002)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is raped at a party and the attacker is quickly caught but the detectives must still determine why the victim was carrying a finger from a long dead infant.
Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 1,124
88.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Name
(2005)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a boy's remains 30 years after he disappeared sets off a search for five other boys who went missing and were never found.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 864
89.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Parasites
(2001)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the remains of a woman who was murdered three years earlier are found in a backyard, a composite sketch leads detectives to her identical twin sister.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 1,031
90.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Quarry
(2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An old body of a young kid is found and there seems to be a link to a soon-to-be-executed pedophile. Can the squad find the link between him and the body, or is there a more sinister link?
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,076
91.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Resilience
(2002)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The attempted suicide of a 15-year-old girl leads to her family, promiscuity, and her regression to a child.
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 998
92.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Wrath
(2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three people are found murdered, all unconnected to each other, except to that of cases that Detective Benson has investigated.
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 1,127
93.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Black Water
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A two-year-old cold case involving a missing naval officer heats up when a reward-seeking private investigator finds the body. NCIS is on the case, while Kate gets particularly close to the suspect.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 827
94.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Call of Silence
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Medal of Honor recipient from WWII turns himself in and confesses to the team the murder of his friend 60 years ago.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,891
95.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Hometown Hero
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A hospital corpsman stows his gear in a self-store room; after 10 months he dies in action in Iraq; then the skeletal remains of a high-school friend turn up in his storeroom. Despite local resistance Gibbs and company solve the mystery.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 818
96.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Missing
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Marine fails to report for duty. He's an EOD tech with a critical qualification, so the NCIS investigates.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 924
97.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Bone Yard
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A civilian dies on a Marine bombing range; while investigating, Gibbs finds a second body; other bodies also later appear. The NCIS and the FBI strangely work well together, so their effort produce results.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 888
98.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Body and Soul
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman's vision of her own brutal murder leads the team to an unmarked shallow grave on her boyfriend's mother's farm. Anton suspects that the boyfriend's missing father has been reincarnated as the woman.
Director: John Bell | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox
Votes: 11
99.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Nocturnal Cabal
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In this comical meta episode, Mia takes Lindsay to a rave night club that turns out to be a front for hungry vampire-like ghouls. Meanwhile, Peter must deal with an aggressive female TV producer who wants to make a TV show about the team.
Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox
Votes: 17
100.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Lisa the Skeptic
(1997)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Townspeople believe that Lisa has unearthed the fossilized remains of an angel.
Directors: Jim Reardon, Neil Affleck | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,686