Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "police-siege"

1. Venom (1981)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

Terrorists in the process of kidnapping a child get trapped in a house with an extremely deadly snake.

Directors: Piers Haggard, Tobe Hooper | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles

Votes: 3,241 | Gross: $5.23M

2. The Sound of Fury (1950)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges

Votes: 1,972

3. The Stone Killer (1973)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo

Votes: 3,807 | Gross: $1.39M

4. Movie Madness (1982)

R | 89 min | Comedy

An anthology parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.

Directors: Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom | Stars: Peter Riegert, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Teresa Ganzel

Votes: 1,318

5. Albino Alligator (1996)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.

Director: Kevin Spacey | Stars: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner

Votes: 8,573 | Gross: $0.33M

6. Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray

Votes: 1,545

7. Day of Violence (1977)

91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two violent rapists taking people hostage in a restaurant and dealing with the cops outside.

Director: Luigi Petrini | Stars: Mario Cutini, Marco Marati, Maria Pia Conte, Patricia Pilchard

Votes: 167

8. Collaborator (2011)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.

Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams, Melissa Auf der Maur

Votes: 893

9. 400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime (2010)

98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The real story behind creation of Comando Vermelho (Red Commando), powerful criminal organization terrorized Rio de Janeiro for several decades.

Director: Caco Souza | Stars: Daniel de Oliveira, Fabrício Boliveira, Daniela Escobar, Branca Messina

Votes: 595

10. Bloody Friday (1972)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When terrorists rob a bank all hell is let loose.

Directors: Rolf Olsen, Lee Payant | Stars: Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August, Gianni Macchia, Christine Böhm

Votes: 682

11. Irresistible Force (1993 TV Movie)

80 min | Action

A disgruntled retiring cop and his new butt kicking female partner must take on a well-armed terrorist group that holds up a supermarket.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Stacy Keach, Cynthia Rothrock, Christopher Neame, Kathleen Garrett

Votes: 302

12. Rupan sansei: Pilot Film (1969 TV Short)

Not Rated | 13 min | Animation, Short, Action

The grandmaster thief Lupin III and his associates devise a plan to escape from the stubborn Inspector Zenigata and the mercenary samurai Goemon Ishikawa.

Directors: Osamu Kobayashi, Masaaki Ôsumi

Votes: 271

13. Al filo de la muerte (1993 Video)

89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of terrorist take hostages and battle against the Mexican authorities.

Director: Alejandro Todd | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Roberto 'Flaco' Guzmán, Antonio Zubiaga, Bruno Reynoso

14. The Africas VS. America (2023 Podcast Series)

Documentary, History

Host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the move bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy.

Star: Matthew Amha

15. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Prisoners (1985)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An introverted housewife befriends a tough escaped convict with a decent streak who broke into her fancy house to hide from police pursuit.

Director: Christopher Crowe | Stars: Yaphet Kotto, Cristina Raines, Steve Eastin, Larry McCormick

Votes: 120

16. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Maze (1985)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of young punks kill a cop and then take hostages - including an undercover Tubbs - while negotiators try to end the situation without more bloodshed and a SWAT team closes in.

Director: Tim Zinnemann | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 611

17. Koskinen (2021–2023)
Episode: Hiirileikki 2/2 (2022)

45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The perpetrators turn out to be two women swindling money from lonely men. The women are not only driven by a lust for money but also their desire to take revenge on their victims for the humiliations they suffered in their previous lives.

Director: Lauri Nurkse | Stars: Eero Aho, Maria Ylipää, Turkka Mastomäki, Jon-Jon Geitel

Votes: 21