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1. Cheat (2019)
Not Rated | 181 min | Thriller
Centered around a dangerous relationship between university professor Leah and her student, Rose. After a series of events take place, things escalate between the two leading to fatal consequences.
Stars: Katherine Kelly, Molly Windsor, Tom Goodman-Hill, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 3,558
2. The Cry (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman crumbles after her baby disappears. Though the public is quick to place blame, the truth proves to be more complex.
Stars: Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie, Asher Keddie, Alex Dimitriades
Votes: 5,662
3. Blood (II) (2018–2020)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cat Hogan returns to West Meath upon her mother's sudden death--she had an accident at home and died (or was it an accident?). Blood is about old secrets, older betrayals, mind games, and the lies family tell each other.
Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Grainne Keenan, Seán Duggan, Diarmuid Noyes
Votes: 2,898
4. The Replacement (2017)
58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman about to begin her maternity leave from work begins to suspect that her replacement is plotting to take over her life.
Stars: Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Richard Rankin, Dougray Scott
Votes: 3,015
5. Chimerica (2019)
47 min | Drama
A photojournalist travels to China with the hopes of finding out who the mysterious man was who was photographed standing defiantly in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square twenty years ago.
Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Cherry Jones, Terry Chen, Sophie Okonedo
Votes: 563
6. Man to Man (I) (2005)
122 min | Drama
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Iain Glen, Hugh Bonneville
Votes: 2,144
7. Messiah: The Harrowing (2005)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red Metcalfe's analytical skills are stretched to the limit as he tries to fathom the workings of the mind of a killer determined to create their own Hell.
Stars: Ken Stott, Neil Dudgeon, Helen McCrory, Maxine Peake
Votes: 818
8. New Blood (2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The series follows junior investigators Stefan and Rash, who are brought together by a link between two seemingly unrelated cases.
Stars: Mark Strepan, Ben Tavassoli, Mark Addy, Anna Chancellor
Votes: 3,064
9. Storm of Suspicion (2018–2024)
Crime
Follows case stories solved through forensics involving weather conditions that reveal vital evidence in solving murder crimes.
Stars: Micah Strange, Elizabeth Austin, Tommy Campbell, Tim Munsey
Votes: 46
10. In Our Backyard (2016– )
Crime
In Our Backyard is a psychological crime series about a small suburban town on the brink of internal destruction. Crime from the neighboring urban city has been flowing across the border ... See full summary »
Stars: Arthur Gregory Pugh, Dina Massery, Erich Rausch, Damion J. Williams
Votes: 9
11. Beast (III) (2017)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Director: Michael Pearce | Stars: Jessie Buckley, Geraldine James, Oliver Maltman, Trystan Gravelle
Votes: 15,673 | Gross: $0.80M
12. The Wedding Guest (2018)
R | 96 min | Thriller
A story centered on a mysterious British Muslim man (Dev Patel) on his journey across Pakistan and India.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Dev Patel, Nish Nathwani, Clara Hall, Harish Kunverji
Votes: 6,615 | Gross: $0.38M
13. Disco Pigs (2001)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark
Votes: 5,214
14. The Con is On (2018)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flee to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.
Director: James Oakley | Stars: Dot Cosgrove, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Susan Traylor
Votes: 8,811
15. Bergman Island (2021)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie
Votes: 9,927
16. Lucan (2013)
63 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A two-part drama about infamous aristocrat John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Stars: Rory Kinnear, Catherine McCormack, Christopher Eccleston, Leanne Best
Votes: 759
17. The Fold (2013)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.
Director: John Jencks | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Marina Stoimenova, Dakota Blue Richards, Owen Teale
Votes: 205
18. The Moon and the Stars (2007)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress (McCormack) and an English actor (Pryce) contend with forces that complicate their romance as well as the production itself.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Alfred Molina, Catherine McCormack, András Bálint
Votes: 380
19. The Devil Has a Name (2019)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
A psychotic oil matriarch leaves the whole industry exposed when she attempts to outfight a bullish farmer whose water has been poisoned.
Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Chivonne Michelle, Katie Lynn McDowell, Alfred Molina
Votes: 1,426
20. Promising Young Woman (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown
Votes: 211,900
21. The Journey (III) (2016)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car together.
Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, John Hurt, Freddie Highmore
Votes: 2,066
22. That Good Night (2017)
92 min | Drama
Ralph, a once-famous screenwriter, is in his seventies and terminally ill. He has two final missions: to be reconciled to his son, Michael, and, secretly, to ensure he is not a burden to his wife, Anna, as he goes "into that good night".
Director: Eric Styles | Stars: John Hurt, Sofia Helin, Max Brown, Erin Richards
Votes: 729
23. Hatton Garden (2019)
Crime, Drama
Four elderly men, all experienced thieves, carry out a large-scale robbery.
Stars: Alex Norton, David Hayman, Kenneth Cranham, Brían F. O'Byrne
Votes: 985
24. The Hatton Garden Job (2017)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A criminal gang of old timers attempt to pull off the largest burglary in English history at an underground safe deposit facility with an estimated value of £200 million.
Director: David Beton | Stars: Matthew Goode, Phil Daniels, Larry Lamb, Clive Russell
Votes: 6,374
25. The Grand Duke of Corsica (2021)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1221 a young man is set on his path to becoming St. Francis of Assisi. A thousand years later an architect must build a mausoleum for a dying billionaire. Separated by history, these men's lives will be forever changed by a pandemic.
Director: Daniel Graham | Stars: Timothy Spall, Peter Stormare, Matt Hookings, Alicia Agneson
Votes: 460
26. Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, History
A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
Director: Adrian Noble | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall, Wendy Morgan, Stephen Lord
Votes: 2,259
27. Darkness on the Edge of Town (2014)
Unrated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A troubled teenage sharpshooter decides to avenge the death of her estranged sister after she is found murdered in a public bathroom.
Director: Patrick Ryan | Stars: Brian Gleeson, Olwen Catherine Kelly, Emma Eliza Regan, Maura Foley
Votes: 343
28. Trespass Against Us (I) (2016)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man looks to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family.
Director: Adam Smith | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Lyndsey Marshal, Georgie Smith
Votes: 9,156
29. Shame (2011)
NC-17 | 101 min | Drama
A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters
Votes: 206,321 | Gross: $4.00M
30. Becky (II) (2020)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Robert Maillet
Votes: 24,690
31. Titan (II)
Thriller | Pre-production
A young woman searches for answers about the accidental death of her environmentalist sister.
Director: Austin Bunn | Star: Lily Collins
32. Tonight at Noon
Drama | Completed
Lee, a writer, and Mae, his partner, wrestle with their relationship issues. Mae reminisces about an ex; Lee channels his frustration into writing a mind-bending story mingling reality and fantasy.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lauren Ambrose, Connie Nielsen, Rutger Hauer
33. I'll Find You (2019)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Catholic opera singer and Jewish violin virtuoso dream of performing together at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City, but the German invasion of Poland tears them apart.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Adelaide Clemens, Leo Suter, Stephen Dorff, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 1,384
34. FBI (2018– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Procedural drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza
Votes: 23,149
35. No Offence (I) (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester.
Stars: Joanna Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor, Paul Ritter
Votes: 6,730
37. The Misfits (2021)
R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth, Nick Cannon, Rami Jaber
Votes: 13,421
38. The Dark Room (1999– )
Crime, Drama, Mystery
In hospital, photographer Jinx Kingsley wakes from a coma after a car crash - a failed suicide attempt, prompted by her fiance Leo jilting her to elope with Jinx's lifelong best friend, Meg... See full summary »
Stars: Joseph Bennett, Emily Corrie, Joanna David, Robert Demeger
Votes: 307
39. Funland (2005)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Carter Krantz arrives in Blackpool to investigate who killed his mother. He gets a job in the local strip club. He soon realizes that the town has many dark secrets and that the killer may even be his boss - the club's owner.
Stars: Daniel Mays, Ian Puleston-Davies, Sarah Smart, Kris Marshall
Votes: 642
40. Midwinter of the Spirit (2015)
Not Rated | 60 min | Mystery, Thriller
This series follows country vicar Merrily Watkins, who is one of the few women priests working as an exorcist in the UK. When a grisly murder takes place in her local area, the police come calling for her assistance.
Stars: Anna Maxwell Martin, Nicholas Pinnock, Kate Dickie, Sally Messham
Votes: 1,085
41. I.D. (1995)
107 min | Crime, Drama
When a cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hooligans, he finds himself being drawn to the other side.
Director: Phil Davis | Stars: Reece Dinsdale, Richard Graham, Perry Fenwick, Philip Glenister
Votes: 7,486
42. Care (2000 TV Movie)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A troubled boy (Steven Mackintosh) endures physical abuse by the staffers at a children's home.
Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Jaye Griffiths, Maria Pride, Charlotte Cornwell
Votes: 290
43. Undeniable (2014)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
25 years ago, Jane saw a man killing her mother. Today she's a well-adjusted wife and mother herself. While having a physical, she notices a doctor who looks like the killer and reports him. No one believes her--except one cop.
Stars: Claire Goose, Alisha Kelly, Felix Scott, Robert Pugh
Votes: 1,081
44. Life's Too Short (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
The show centers on Warwick Davis in his day-to-day life, complete with the frustrations he faces.
Stars: Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Rosamund Hanson
Votes: 16,480
45. A Confession (2019)
TV-PG | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
DSU Stephen Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Stars: Martin Freeman, Siobhan Finneran, Imelda Staunton, Peter Wight
Votes: 10,061
46. The Capture (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a British soldier is charged with a crime, the tenacious young detective handling his case begins to uncover a conspiracy.
Stars: Holliday Grainger, Ben Miles, Lia Williams, Cavan Clerkin
Votes: 22,895
47. Case Sensitive (2011–2012)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
When Geraldine Bretherick and her five-year-old daughter Lucy are found dead in the bathroom of their luxury home, the case divides new DS Charlie Zailer and her DC Simon Waterhouse.
Stars: Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd, Peter Wight, Ralph Ineson
Votes: 1,019
48. Muse (2018 TV Movie)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a series of murders throughout the state, a Woman discovers that she is the muse of the serial killer.
Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Mark Brandon, Erin Cahill, Antonio Cupo, Aria DeMaris
Votes: 163
49. The Defector (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
1967, the height of the Cold War. Prime Minister Holt is embroiled in a power struggle when his spymaster discovers Red sympathizers embedded within his administration.
Director: Scott Mannion | Stars: Sean Taylor, Malcolm Kennard, Lech Mackiewicz, Josef Ber
Votes: 262
50. Guilt (2019–2023)
660 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two brothers accidentally run over and kill an old man. They cover their tracks, but their lives start to fall apart when neighbors and relatives of the dead doubt the way he died.
Stars: Mark Bonnar, Emun Elliott, Henry Pettigrew, Jamie Sives
Votes: 5,372
51. Van der Valk (2020–2023)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Dutch detective takes on criminal cases in Amsterdam using insightful human observation and his natural street smarts.
Stars: Marc Warren, Maimie McCoy, Darrell D'Silva, Emma Fielding
Votes: 4,914
52. Vigil (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death onboard a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.
Stars: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Gary Lewis, Orla Russell
Votes: 27,964
53. A Very British Scandal (2021)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History
The story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
Stars: Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Olwen May, Albertine Kotting McMillan
Votes: 6,980
54. Sherwood (II) (2022– )
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history.
Stars: Adam Hugill, Lorraine Ashbourne, Perry Fitzpatrick, Philip Jackson
Votes: 9,333
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