Detective & crime
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1. The Lady Vanishes (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
While traveling by train, a young socialite is befriended by a charming yet enigmatic older woman. However, when the woman disappears, the other passengers deny she ever existed.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Charles Aitken, Paolo Antonio Simioni, Beatrix Biro, Marta Bolfan
Votes: 2,531
2. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe
Votes: 14,359
3. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,094
4. All Around the Town (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman, seemingly good but still psychologically disturbed from being kidnapped as a little girl, becomes the obvious suspect in a murder.
Director: Paolo Barzman | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Tobias Moretti, Andrea Roth, Kim Schraner
Votes: 472
5. Pretend You Don't See Her (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a Manhattan real estate agent witnesses a murder, she joins the Federal Witness Protection Program and starts a new life in Minnesota.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Emma Samms, Hannes Jaenicke, Beau Starr, Reiner Schöne
Votes: 462
6. You Belong to Me (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychologist uses her call-in radio show to help lonesome women but finds out about a killer and when she delves deeper she becomes the next victim.
Director: Paolo Barzman | Stars: Lesley-Anne Down, Tony De Santis, Barclay Hope, Daniel Morgenroth
Votes: 380
7. Where Are the Children? (1985)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief Ed Coffin wrongfully suspects that Nancy is behind the disappearances.
Director: Bruce Malmuth | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Max Gail, Harley Cross, Elisabeth Harnois
Votes: 319
8. Mary Higgins Clark's: We'll Meet Again (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Investigate reporter Fran Silman returns to her hometown and sets out to prove her childhood friend, socialite Molly Lasch, did not murder her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch.
Director: Michael Storey | Stars: Laura Leighton, Brandy Ledford, Gedeon Burkhard, Andrew Jackson
Votes: 331
9. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson
Votes: 693
10. Shadows and Fog (1991)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Kirby, David Ogden Stiers
Votes: 18,145 | Gross: $2.74M
11. At Risk (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Mystery
A district attorney wants to further her political dreams by solving an old murder.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Daniel Sunjata, Annabeth Gish, Barclay Hope
Votes: 567
12. The Front (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A detective in a Boston suburb is assigned by his female district attorney to reopen an old murder case, which throws his life into grave peril.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Daniel Sunjata, Ashley Williams, Joe Grifasi
Votes: 562
13. As Good as Dead (2010)
R | 100 min | Crime, Thriller
In this psychological thriller full of shocking twists, what begins as an average day for Ethan (Elwes) takes a dangerous turn when he's kidnapped and held hostage in his New York apartment by three assailants.
Director: Jonathan Mossek | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Cary Elwes, Frank Whaley, Matt Dallas
Votes: 1,693 | Gross: $1.20M
14. The Last Sign (2005)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Andie MacDowell portrays a woman who is tormented by the ghost of her abusive, alcoholic husband. She must come to terms with the past if she is to find peace and love. Samuel le Bihan is a... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Law | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Samuel Le Bihan, Tim Roth, Margot Kidder
Votes: 1,834
15. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Twin Peaks before Twin Peaks (1990) and at the same time not always and entirely in the same place as Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). A feature film which presents deleted scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) assembled together for the first time in an untold portion of the story's prequel.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, C.H. Evans, Sandra Kinder
Votes: 12,751
16. Partners in Crime (2015)
55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agatha Christie's crime-fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s Britain.
Stars: Jessica Raine, David Walliams, James Fleet, Matthew Steer
Votes: 2,709
17. Partners in Crime (1983–1984)
TV-PG | 631 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agatha Christie's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.
Stars: Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale, Arthur Cox
Votes: 889
18. Marple (2004–2013)
TV-14 | 2,090 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elderly spinster living in the village of St. Mary Mead helps her friends and relatives solve mysterious murders.
Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Julia McKenzie, Stephen Churchett, Isabella Parriss
Votes: 10,685
19. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988 TV Movie)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse, only the master detective, Sherlock Holmes, can find out the truth.
Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Raymond Adamson, Alastair Duncan
Votes: 5,846
20. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood
Votes: 1,335
21.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Beatie Edney
Votes: 2,313
22. A Crime of Passion (2003 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frederica has everything--a wonderful new husband and half ownership of a winery. But when her business partner's wife is murdered, Freddie suspects her partner's new love. But is everything what it seems?
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Cynthia Gibb, Gordon Currie, Alexandra Kamp, Tom Butler
Votes: 364
23. Mr. Holmes (2015)
PG | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Family
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan
Votes: 67,896 | Gross: $17.74M
24. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Detective Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, who is carrying out a string of random crimes across Europe.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams
Votes: 480,510 | Gross: $186.85M
25. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of the devil's foot, Silver Blaze, Wisteria Lodge and the Bruce-Partington Plans.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 13,405
26. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one final problem.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Williams, Eric Porter
Votes: 24,217
27. Apple Tree Yard (2017)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Thriller
A provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.
Stars: Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Mark Bonnar, Syreeta Kumar
Votes: 5,774
28. Veronica Guerin (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 21,894 | Gross: $1.57M
29. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 180 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
While golfing on the Welsh coast, Bobby Jones apparently hits a stranger who falls off the the sea cliff. His enigmatic last words are "Why didn't they ask Evans?"
Directors: John Davies, Tony Wharmby | Stars: Francesca Annis, John Gielgud, Bernard Miles, Eric Porter
Votes: 1,002
30. Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986 TV Movie)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang
Votes: 2,294
31. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Mystery, Thriller
A dying man's enigmatic last words send vicar's son, Bobby Jones, and his socialite friend, Lady Frankie Derwent, on a crime-solving adventure.
Stars: Will Poulter, Lucy Boynton, Daniel Ings, Jonathan Jules
Votes: 7,914
32. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely
Votes: 20,185 | Gross: $6.11M
33. The Pale Horse (1997 TV Movie)
120 min | Mystery
When Mark Easterbrook finds himself in the frame for the murder of a priest, there seems no way to prove his innocence other than solving the mystery himself.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Colin Buchanan, Jayne Ashbourne, Hermione Norris, Leslie Phillips
Votes: 427
34. Agatha Christie: Ordeal by Innocence (2014)
30 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Stars: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Arthur Hughes, Mark Umbers, Priyanga Burford
Votes: 85
35. Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Dr Calgary returns home from an expedition and goes looking for a hitchhiker whom he gave a lift to two years previously in order to return the man's address book. He discovers the man has been executed for his mother's murder.
Directors: Desmond Davis, Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Miles
Votes: 1,104
36. The Pale Horse (2020)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Is a trio of witches responsible for a series of sudden deaths or is there a rational explanation?
Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Georgina Campbell, Rufus Sewell, Sean Pertwee
Votes: 6,191
37. And Then There Were None (2015)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Stars: Maeve Dermody, Charles Dance, Toby Stephens, Burn Gorman
Votes: 43,860
38. The Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
Not Rated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Christie.
Stars: Billy Howle, Kim Cattrall, Monica Dolan, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 5,628
39. The Agatha Christie Hour (1982)
519 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A collection of ten hour-long dramas based on short stories by Agatha Christie.
Stars: Maurice Denham, Angela Easterling, Christopher Wren, Cy Town
Votes: 404
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