MYSTERIES/THRILLER/CRIME
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1. Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jonathan Creek, a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles, works from his home in a converted windmill. He uses his abilities to solve impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Stars: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 9,015
2. Eleventh Hour (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A government scientist and his tough, attractive FBI handler try to save people from deadly scientific experiments, poisoners, rare diseases, and environmental hazards.
Stars: Rufus Sewell, Marley Shelton, Omar Benson Miller, Sarah Ospina
Votes: 4,252
3. The Walker (2007)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An escort who caters to Washington, D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Ned Beatty
Votes: 5,893 | Gross: $0.08M
4. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner
Votes: 23,762 | Gross: $18.20M
5. The Undoing (2020)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A modern twist to a classical "whodunnit" tale, when the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved with a murder case.
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Noah Jupe, Edgar Ramírez
Votes: 105,913
6. Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Johnny "Skidmark" Scardino is a free-lance crime-scene photographer and part-time blackmailer. When his associates begin to turn up murdered, he has a very short time to discover the killer before it is his turn.
Director: John Raffo | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, John Kapelos
Votes: 1,056
7. Bernie (2011)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman
Votes: 63,482 | Gross: $9.20M
8. Obsession (1976)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Votes: 11,646 | Gross: $1.00M
9. The Big Fix (1978)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
An ex-'60s radical now working as a private eye is hired by an old flame to investigate a political smear campaign. The case becomes more dangerous as it unfolds.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow
Votes: 2,399
10. Blow Out (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz
Votes: 63,350 | Gross: $13.75M
11. Out Cold (1989)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Sunny is married to Ernie and their marriage is on the rocks. One evening drunken Ernie and Dave have a fight which results in Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: John Lithgow, Teri Garr, Laura Alcalde, Madison Arnold
Votes: 947 | Gross: $0.29M
12. The Pelican Brief (1993)
PG-13 | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard
Votes: 96,032 | Gross: $100.77M
13. Hidden City (1987)
108 min | Mystery, Thriller
Sharon Newton (Cassie Stuart) leads the uncooperative James Richards (Charles Dance) into a world of misplaced government secrets, capitalistic artists and bungling secret agents.
Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Charles Dance, Cassie Stuart, Bill Paterson, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 277
14. The Cold Light of Day (1996)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
Director: Rudolf van den Berg | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Lynsey Baxter, Perdita Weeks, Simon Cadell
Votes: 1,009
15. Karaoke (1996)
63 min | Drama
Daniel Feeld is a screenwriter with pains in his gut and a new screenplay called "Karaoke", about a girl named Sandra who works in a seedy Karaoke bar and is murdered by a lowlife named ... See full summary »
Stars: Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E. Grant, Keeley Hawes
Votes: 621
16. Cold Lazarus (1996)
300 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Writer Daniel Feeld, first seen in Dennis Potter's "Karaoke," returns three centuries later as a disembodied head.
Stars: Albert Finney, Ciarán Hinds, Frances de la Tour, Grant Masters
Votes: 772
17. Cash in Hand (1998)
90 min | Drama
George Tompkins is tired of his impoverished life in an idyllic country village. He's desperate for some excitement. One evening he finds a strange metal box and discovers it contains not ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Baldwin | Stars: Denis Sharp, Carole Ashby, Peter Ashdown, Ian Ashpitel
Votes: 38
18. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate after being told an heir's estate is plagued by a ghostly dog.
Director: David Attwood | Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant, Matt Day
Votes: 2,633
19. Monsieur N. (2003)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
How could Napoleon, the man of war and pioneering military strategist, meekly accept being locked up on a storm-lashed rock in the middle of the Atlantic ocean? What system of defence, and ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Richard E. Grant, Jay Rodan, Elsa Zylberstein
Votes: 1,060 | Gross: $0.02M
20. Ace of Wands (1970–1972)
30 min | Family, Fantasy
Telepathic stage magician, Tarot, and his two assistants solve mysteries and crimes of a bizarre or magical nature, and battle against villains with various powers.
Stars: Michael MacKenzie, Tony Selby, Judy Loe, Roy Holder
Votes: 123
21. Bognor (1981–1982)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Simon Bognor, the accident-prone investigator for the Department of Trade, has to contend with double-dealing, murders, dismissive bosses and his fierce fiancee Monica.
Stars: David Horovitch, Joanna McCallum, Ewan Roberts, Tim Meats
Votes: 46
22. A Question of Guilt (1980)
30 min | Drama
A drama series which focused on the sad cases of three different women--Constance Kent, Mary Blandy, and Adelaide Bartlett--all 18th- and 19th-century murderesses.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Robert Stephens, Rosalind Lloyd, Mark Wing-Davey
Votes: 12
23. The Charmer (1987)
312 min | Drama
A drama series set in 1930s Britain, detailing the exploits of Ralph Gorse, a conman, seducer and murderer.
Stars: Nigel Havers, Bernard Hepton, Rosemary Leach, Fiona Fullerton
Votes: 250
24. Little White Lies (1998 TV Movie)
120 min | Thriller
The tragic, unexpected death of David in a car-crash causes the cozy, safe life of gardener Beth to be thrown into complete chaos. In the aftermath, as Beth begins to pick up the pieces, ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Tara Fitzgerald, Cherie Lunghi, Peter Bowles, Gerard Butler
Votes: 146
25. The Body Farm (2011–2012)
Crime, Drama
A British police procedural, which follows the team from a forensic pathology facility that conducts scientific research to help solve crimes.
Stars: Tara Fitzgerald, Keith Allen, Wunmi Mosaku, Mark Bazeley
Votes: 863
26. Agent trouble (1987)
90 min | Thriller
Amanda investigates her nephew Victorien's murder after he witnessed a government cover-up involving toxic gas deaths of 50 tourists. She finds herself targeted by assassin Alex, tasked with silencing those aware of the incident.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Richard Bohringer, Tom Novembre, Dominique Lavanant
Votes: 421
27. Framed (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Kristin Scott Thomas, Todd Graff, Michael Lerner
Votes: 447
28. Bitter Moon (1992)
R | 139 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote
Votes: 42,707 | Gross: $1.86M
29. Weep No More, My Lady (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A short-tempered movie star is murdered in this early 1990s mystery movie based on the novel "Weep No More, My Lady" by Mary Higgins Clark.
Director: Michel Andrieu | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Daniel J. Travanti, Francesca Annis, Pascal Ternisien
Votes: 128
30. Keeping Mum (2005)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.
Director: Niall Johnson | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze
Votes: 35,939 | Gross: $1.62M
31. Miranda (2002)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears, he travels down to London to search for her, only to discover that ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt
Votes: 2,063
32. Cuckoo (2009)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
A professor becomes obsessed with his star student.
Director: Richard Bracewell | Stars: Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, Antonia Bernath, Adam F.
Votes: 138
33. The Guilty (2013)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Lives are torn apart and relationships fractured forever when a four-year-old boy goes missing during a neighbourhood barbecue.
Stars: Darren Boyd, Tamsin Greig, Katherine Kelly, Arsher Ali
Votes: 1,187
34. Cruel Train (1995 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A sordid story of sexual passion, sexual crimes, and murder, set among the staff of an English railway line in 1940-41.
Director: Malcolm McKay | Stars: David Suchet, Saskia Reeves, Adrian Dunbar, Alec McCowen
Votes: 133
35. Heart (1999)
R | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.
Director: Charles McDougall | Stars: Saskia Reeves, Christopher Eccleston, Kate Hardie, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 707
36. The Commander: Virus (2005 TV Movie)
136 min | Crime, Drama
Commander Blake is still dealing with the aftermath of the James Lampton case. Not only has he pleaded not guilty to the murders for which he is accused, it now means that Blake will have ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Amanda Burton, Matthew Marsh, Poppy Miller, Thomas Lockyer
Votes: 234
37. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History
When another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 8,317
38. Extreme Measures (1996)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse
Votes: 20,708 | Gross: $17.31M
39. Undercover Heart (1998– )
50 min | Crime, Drama
Whilst investigating the murder of a prostitute, vice squad detective Tom Howarth disappears without trace. With the help of Tom's wife Lois, his best friend, Matt Lomas, a fellow vice squad detective, sets out to find him.
Stars: David Troughton, Buffy Davis, Leonie Elliott, Nimmy March
Votes: 70
40. The Woman in Black (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Horror, Mystery
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker, Pauline Moran
Votes: 6,134
41. The Shadow Line (2011)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this intricate conspiracy thriller set in a world of blurred morality, inhabited by conflicted characters on both sides of the law.
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Kierston Wareing, Richard Lintern
Votes: 5,006
42. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018)
55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author.
Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr., Kristine Froseth
Votes: 6,836
43. The Lies Within (2019)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman, whose husband disappears, joins the National Assembly and teams up with a detective in her search for the truth. The two of them work together to break through the silence and lies that people spill to protect their own interests.
Stars: Lee Joon-hyuk, Yun Jong-seok, Kim Si-eun, Kim Jong-soo
Votes: 560
44. Mystery Queen (2017–2018)
60 min | Comedy, Mystery
Bored with life as a housewife, Yoo Seol-Ok pursues her passion for mysteries by investigating small cases with a local policeman. Inadvertently interfering with a bigger case, she will team up with the detective in charge to solve crimes.
Stars: Kim Hyun-sook, Choi Kang-hee, Kwon Sang-woo, Park Byeong-eun
Votes: 258
45. Vampire Detective (2016)
Crime, Fantasy
Yoon San (Lee Joon) a private detective suddenly becomes a vampire. He tries to solve various cases while also trying to uncover the mystery surrounding himself.
Stars: Lee Joon, Oh Jung-se, Lee Se-yeong, Jo Bok-rae
Votes: 252
46. Traffik (1989)
Unrated | 315 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he's on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself.
Stars: Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Jamal Shah
Votes: 1,587
47. Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992– )
50 min | Crime, Drama
Adaptation of the novel by Bernice Rubens. A wealthy wastrel with time on his hands becomes involved in an elaborate plot involving suspected murder, cross-dressing and other murky goings-on in London society.
Stars: Peter Capaldi, Richard Griffiths, Pam Ferris, Mossie Smith
Votes: 62
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