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1. Little Children (2006)

R | 137 min | Drama, Romance

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.

Director: Todd Field | Stars: Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley

Votes: 116,943 | Gross: $5.46M

2. The Pledge (I) (2001)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels

Votes: 67,914 | Gross: $19.72M

3. Michael Clayton (2007)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 174,272 | Gross: $49.03M

4. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Crime

Frank Drebin comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson

Votes: 112,122 | Gross: $51.13M

5. Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

PG | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick

Votes: 9,673 | Gross: $5.68M

6. Everybody Knows (2018)

R | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín, Eduard Fernández

Votes: 38,149 | Gross: $2.66M

7. The Meddler (2015)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.

Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Jerrod Carmichael

Votes: 14,080 | Gross: $4.27M

8. Backtrack (I) (2015)

R | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A psychotherapist has nightmares and sinister visions. Ghosts? Is it more than his daughter's death causing this? He returns to his childhood home and dad to put things to rest.

Director: Michael Petroni | Stars: Adrien Brody, Jenni Baird, Bruce Spence, Greg Poppleton

Votes: 13,604

9. The Silence (2010)

Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Claudia Michelsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass

Votes: 8,191 | Gross: $0.10M

10. Night Visitor (1989)

R | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A student known for telling stories witnesses a murder, the latest in a series of satanic killings of hookers.

Director: Rupert Hitzig | Stars: Derek Rydall, Allen Garfield, Kathleen Bailey, Jovanni Brascia

Votes: 882

11. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror

A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane, Neil Dickson

Votes: 1,373

12. The Castle of Sand (1974)

143 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada

Votes: 1,545

13. The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)

107 min | Comedy, Crime

The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo

Votes: 7,434

14. Jail Bait (1954)

Unrated | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops.

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller, Herbert Rawlinson, Steve Reeves

Votes: 2,881

15. Dead Heat (2002)

R | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A heart problem forces the cop Pally to retire, and his wife Charlotte is separating him. Charlotte makes Pally's half-brother Ray visit, and he suggest buying a race horse will cheer him up. He does, but then a mob boss steals the horse.

Director: Mark Malone | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Anthony LaPaglia, Radha Mitchell, Lothaire Bluteau

Votes: 1,493

16. Isang bala ka lang, part II (1993)

Action

Fernando Poe Jr. stars as a dedicated retired policeman forced to join the police force anew to go after a corrupt politician. Landlord Ernie was making life difficult for a cop out to help... See full summary »

Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Nanette Medved, Bernardo Bernardo, Jordan Castillo

Votes: 10

17. Cat and Mouse (1975)

PG | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A very unorthodox police inspector is assigned to investigate a millionaire's mysterious death.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Serge Reggiani, Philippe Léotard, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Votes: 462

18. World's Wildest Police Videos (1998–2012)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Reality-TV

Host John Bunnell takes viewers on a constant thrill ride with real police videos captured from around the world. including high speed chases.

Stars: John Bunnell, C.W. Jensen, Andy DiPalma, Bill Young

Votes: 270

19. Hunt the Man Down (1950)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson, Willard Parker

Votes: 1,052

20. Under One Roof (I) (1995)

60 min | Drama

Short-lived (6 weeks) show about Neb Langston, a widowed African-American police officer sharing his Seattle home with his family.

Stars: Joe Morton, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Essence Atkins, Merlin Santana

Votes: 72

21. L.A. Vice (1989)

R | 80 min | Action, Crime

Detective Jon Louroy Chance investigates a string of murders in Los Angeles and uncovers a ruthless kidnapping scheme.

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, William Smith, Jean Levine, Jastereo Coviare

Votes: 140

22. Ligalig (2006)

Action, Crime, Drama

A series of murders takes place in the Metropolis in a span of three weeks, the latest of which happens on the night that taxi driver Junior consorts with a prostitute. After establishing a... See full summary »

Director: Cesar Montano | Stars: Cesar Montano, Sunshine Cruz, Johnny Delgado, Celia Rodriguez

Votes: 42

23. Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)

100 min | Comedy, Crime

A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of... See full summary »

Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Leo Jokela, Matti Ranin, Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä

Votes: 966

24. Roland Hassel (2012)

74 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Retired police inspector is trying to solve the 1986 murder of prime minister Olof Palme.

Director: Måns Månsson | Stars: Lars-Erik Berenett, Roland Eriksson, Arne Malmgren, Paul Fried

Votes: 281

25. Zweikampf (1986)

83 min | Crime

A senior citizen - driven by the only wish to live his life peacefully - becomes very inventive in killing every trouble-maker in his neighbourhood and letting it look like accidents. Only ... See full summary »

Director: Gert Steinheimer | Stars: Adolf Laimböck, Joachim Wichmann, Elke Twiesselmann, Jenny Lattermann

Votes: 19

26. Finding Jack the Ripper (2011 TV Movie)

44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

London, 1888. A killer known by the name of Jack the Ripper brutally murders five prostitutes. Though the killings make the world's headlines, the slayer's identity remains a mystery for ... See full summary »

Director: Ian A. Hunt | Stars: Harry Chase, Joachim Kerzel, Sean Pertwee, Trevor Marriott

Votes: 33

27. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Death of a Stranger (1999)

TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Fox hunting, taxidermy and Oscar Wilde are part of the backdrop as Barnaby and Troy investigate a series of murders, beginning with that of a tramp in the woods.

Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,053

28. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode: Pressure Point (1975)

TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama

Woods is acting as trainer for Don Allen, who is still in the academy and who will be riding with Woods as his partner in Xray-14. Malloy and Reed's first impression about Allen is that he ... See full summary »

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Robert DoQui, Charles Lampkin

Votes: 89

29. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Die Farbe des Todes (2005)

Crime, Drama

Dr. Joachim Valdon was the defense counsel of Christian Herford in a trial and the case has been dismissed.Christian Herford who has a relationship with Katja Valdon, the daughter of Dr. ... See full summary »

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 18

30. Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode: Photography by John Doe (1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retired private investigator is killed while gathering evidences about the connection of a judge and a criminal gang. His grandson ask help to Baretta shed light on what happened and get justice.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Edward Grover, Michael D. Roberts

Votes: 46

31. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Strangler's Wood (1999)

TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The nude body of a Brazilian woman is found strangled in the woods, which suggests that a serial killer from nine years before has begun killing again.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,252

32. Mrs. Columbo (1979–1980)
Episode: Murder Is a Parlor Game (1979)

47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retired Scotland Yard homicide inspector and author of a best seller on perfect murders is forced to kill in self-defense.

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Henry Jones, Lili Haydn, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 103

33. Steptoe and Son (1962–1974)
Episode: Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

When a tax inspector calls to investigate Albert's claim for an allowance for his - long dead - wife, Harold gets him drunk and he agrees to giving 'her' a back-dated pension, though Albert... See full summary »

Director: John Howard Davies | Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Colin Gordon, Edwin Apps

Votes: 76

34. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Squeeze (1993)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every 30 years.

Director: Harry Longstreet | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Doug Hutchison, Donal Logue

Votes: 8,487

35. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: House of the Dead (2006)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A family in Maryland find their new home is menaced by a pair of ghosts who attack them in their beds and throw things about the house.

Director: Joe Wiecha | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Terry Menefee Gau, Tim Wright, C.J. Doss

Votes: 67

36. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Young Man with a Horn (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a finalist for a popular television amateur singing competition is killed, it sheds new light on a 50-year-old murder at what was the first integrated casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 734

37. The Blue Knight (1975–1976)
Episode: Everything in Life Is 3 to 1 Against (1976)

Action, Crime, Drama

A retired cop is heavily in debt to a bookmaker Bumper has doggedly tried to shut down.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: George Kennedy, John Ireland, Milton Selzer, Steve Sandor

38. The Yorkshire Auction House (2021– )
Episode: Aviation Collection (2021)

44 min | Documentary

Angus Ashworth and the team clear out a huge aviation collection in County Durham. They then help a retired policeman sell items from his four-bedroom home.

Director: Jonathan Robinson | Stars: Annie Hulley, Angus Ashworth

39. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: The Hide (2010)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Foyle battles to save a young man accused of high treason from the executioner's noose in a case that will shatter his personal world to the core.

Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Andrew Scott, Richard Goulding, Tim van Eyken, Michael Kitchen

Votes: 755

40. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Tattered and Torn (2011)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Murdoch struggles to work with the new coroner and clashes openly when a cement block found near the water contains the remains of not one but three men.

Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 353

41. Aquarius (2015–2016)
Episode: A Change Is Gonna Come (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A South Central murder investigation ratchets up tension with the Black Panthers; Emma goes MIA; Hodiak loses control... and Shafe comes to the rescue.

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont

Votes: 425

42. London et Kirschenbaum (2003–2019)
Episode: Episode dated 30 September 2014 (2014)

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Director: Doron Ovadia | Stars: Doron Herman, Mordechai Kirschenbaum, Baruch Kra, Yaron London

43. Aquarius (2015–2016)
Episode: I Will (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A newly "retired" Hodiak hunts for the serial killer who's been tormenting him. Charlie sends Tex, Sadie, Emma and Patty on a mission.

Director: Jonas Pate | Stars: David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont

Votes: 237