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1.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Cries Wolf
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Dian Hunter, the publisher of the men's magazine "Bachelor's World", wants to sell her stock to a media tycoon, her adulterous partner Sean Brantley objects. Soon afterwards, Miss Hunter apparently disappears on a London-bound flight.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 2,317
2.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Agenda for Murder
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo is assigned to the case of a murder that was made to look like a suicide. After noticing some loose ends, he asks a lawyer and a Congressman to clear up problems with the investigation.
Director: Patrick McGoohan | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan, Denis Arndt, Louis Zorich
Votes: 2,005
3.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman who blames Columbo for the loss of her husband sets out to get back at him.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Helen Shaver, Ian McShane, Edward Winter
Votes: 2,208
4.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Uneasy Lies the Crown
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The handsome, charming junior partner in a dental group run by his father-in-law is a bad husband and a bad gambler deeply in debt. Facing divorce, ostracism and worse, he devises a cunning plan.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Peter Falk, James Read, Jo Anderson, Nancy Walker
Votes: 1,876
5.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
The Most Crucial Game
(1972)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Dean Jagger, James Gregory
Votes: 2,817
6.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Grand Deceptions
(1989)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the head of a private paramilitary think tank who is embezzling funds murders a blackmailer, he has to match wits with the persistent Lieutenant Columbo.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Foxworth, Andy Romano, Janet Eilber
Votes: 1,776
7.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
The Greenhouse Jungle
(1972)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Peter Falk, Ray Milland, Bob Dishy, Sandra Smith
Votes: 2,921
8.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
By Dawn's Early Light
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The commandant of a military academy murders the chairman of the board, who wants to oust him. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to expose the killer.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan, Burr DeBenning, Madeleine Sherwood
Votes: 2,879
9.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Forgotten Lady
(1975)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A faded dance star of film and stage murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; Lt. Columbo doubts her seemingly perfect alibi.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, Janet Leigh, Maurice Evans, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 3,058
10.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Identity Crisis
(1975)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A top CIA operative commits murder, as only a brilliant agent can, never guessing he'll have to contend with a man like Lt. Columbo.
Director: Patrick McGoohan | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan, Otis Young, Val Avery
Votes: 2,546
11.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Now You See Him
(1976)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A stage illusionist kills his employer and makes it look like a contract killing; it's up to Lt. Columbo to trick the master trickster.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Bob Dishy, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 2,907
12.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Bird in the Hand
(1992)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo investigates a hit and run, followed by a car explosion.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Tyne Daly, Greg Evigan, Frank McRae
Votes: 1,784
13.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Last Salute to the Commodore
(1976)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Charlie Clay runs the ship building business of his father-in-law, Commodore Swanson, who turns up murdered; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Patrick McGoohan | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Vaughn, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Dehner
Votes: 2,693
14.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Friend in Deed
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.
Director: Ben Gazzara | Stars: Peter Falk, Richard Kiley, Rosemary Murphy, Michael McGuire
Votes: 2,859
15.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Make Me a Perfect Murder
(1978)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Emmy-winning TV executive kills her lover who's also her boss; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, James McEachin
Votes: 2,390
16.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
The Conspirators
(1978)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An IRA terrorist executes an arms dealer he considers traitorous; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Peter Falk, Clive Revill, Jeanette Nolan, Bernard Behrens
Votes: 2,236
17.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Dagger of the Mind
(1972)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In London, a respected Shakespearean acting duo cover up the unintended killing of their producer.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Peter Falk, Richard Basehart, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Fox
Votes: 2,960
18.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case
(1977)
TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sigma Society member Oliver Brandt murders his business partner when he threatens to expose him as an embezzler and constructs a seemingly foolproof alibi.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Peter Falk, Theodore Bikel, Kenneth Mars, Sorrell Booke
Votes: 2,483
19.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Murder by the Book
(1971)
TV-PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, he becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Rosemary Forsyth, Martin Milner
Votes: 5,228
20.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Blueprint for Murder
(1972)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elliot Markham, a brilliant architect and con-man, murders a Texas millionaire and hides his body in order to keep his visionary construction project financed.
Director: Peter Falk | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick O'Neal, Janis Paige, Pamela Austin
Votes: 3,075
21.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Murder, a Self Portrait
(1989)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo investigates the apparent drowning of a famous painter's first wife.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick Bauchau, Fionnula Flanagan, Shera Danese
Votes: 2,041
22.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
No Time to Die
(1992)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo attends the wedding of his nephew, who is also with the LAPD. Suddenly it turns out that the bride is missing, possibly kidnapped. Columbo sets up the investigation to figure out what happened.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Peter Falk, Joanna Going, Thomas Calabro, Dan Butler
Votes: 2,117
23.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
It's All in the Game
(1993)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Couple of women kill their two-timing lover, and one of them tries to seduce Columbo in an effort to divert suspicion.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Faye Dunaway, Claudia Christian, Armando Pucci
Votes: 2,269
24.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Étude in Black
(1972)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ruthless conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Directors: Nicholas Colasanto, John Cassavetes, Peter Falk | Stars: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, James Olson, Blythe Danner
Votes: 3,629
25. Ransom for a Dead Man (1971 TV Movie)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After killing her boring husband and disposing of the body, a supposedly brilliant tort attorney fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom money. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Peter Falk, Lee Grant, John Fink, Harold Gould
Votes: 3,731
26.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
An Exercise in Fatality
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Conrad, Gretchen Corbett, Pat Harrington Jr.
Votes: 2,729
27.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Negative Reaction
(1974)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Falk, Dick Van Dyke, Don Gordon, Larry Storch
Votes: 2,941
28.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
(1991)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Columbo investigates a self-proclaimed security expert turned crime show host for the murder of a rival with incriminating evidence of pornography.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Peter Falk, George Hamilton, Peter Haskell, Penny Johnson Jerald
Votes: 1,791
29.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
(1989)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Peter Falk, Anthony Andrews, Karen Austin, James Greene
Votes: 2,284
30.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Troubled Waters
(1975)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.
Director: Ben Gazzara | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Vaughn, Jane Greer, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 2,798
31.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
The Most Dangerous Match
(1973)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer.
Director: Edward M. Abroms | Stars: Peter Falk, Laurence Harvey, Lloyd Bochner, Jack Kruschen
Votes: 2,763
32.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Double Shock
(1973)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Peter Falk, Martin Landau, Jeanette Nolan, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 2,761
33.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Lovely But Lethal
(1973)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder; Columbo is soon on the case.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Peter Falk, Vera Miles, Martin Sheen, Sian Barbara Allen
Votes: 2,752
34.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Double Exposure
(1973)
TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Robert Middleton, Chuck McCann
Votes: 2,685
35.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Death Lends a Hand
(1971)
TV-PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo matches his skills against Brimmer, a former cop turned private investigator with a quick temper who tries to blackmail a client's wife. When she refuses, he accidentally kills her and it's up to Columbo to nail him.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Pat Crowley, Ray Milland
Votes: 3,759
36.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Lady in Waiting
(1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mousy heiress murders her brother, pretending she thought he was a burglar. Lt. Columbo unravels her alibi.
Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Peter Falk, Susan Clark, Jessie Royce Landis, Richard Anderson
Votes: 3,224
37.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Short Fuse
(1972)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business. But Lt. Columbo suspects the man's death was not just a tragic accident.
Director: Edward M. Abroms | Stars: Peter Falk, Roddy McDowall, Anne Francis, James Gregory
Votes: 3,137
38.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Fade in to Murder
(1976)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An egotistical but successful star of a TV detective show murders his blackmailing producer and makes it look like a robbery.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Peter Falk, William Shatner, Bert Remsen, Alan Manson
Votes: 2,440
39.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Old Fashioned Murder
(1976)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The head of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Peter Falk, Joyce Van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 2,106
40.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Try and Catch Me
(1977)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mystery writer suspects her niece's husband of murdering her, and she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Ruth Gordon, Mariette Hartley, G.D. Spradlin
Votes: 3,019
41.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Murder Under Glass
(1978)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Food critic Paul Gerard, who has been extorting money from restaurant owners in exchange for good reviews, murders one when threatened with exposure.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Peter Falk, Louis Jourdan, Shera Danese, Richard Dysart
Votes: 2,478
42.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Strange Bedfellows
(1995)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Graham McVeigh kills his brother and frames a mob bookie for the crime, and then kills the bookie and claims self-defense, he finds himself facing trouble from both Columbo and the bookie's superior in the mob.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, George Wendt, Jeff Yagher, Jay Acovone
Votes: 1,802
43.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
How to Dial a Murder
(1978)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A behavioral psychologist whose wife died under suspicious circumstances trains his dogs to kill on command using a telephone.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Nicol Williamson, Kim Cattrall, Joel Fabiani
Votes: 2,556
44.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Publish or Perish
(1974)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Mickey Spillane, Mariette Hartley
Votes: 2,506
45.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Mind Over Mayhem
(1974)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Peter Falk, José Ferrer, Lew Ayres, Robert Walker Jr.
Votes: 2,361
46.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Likes the Nightlife
(2003)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo gets a taste of the Los Angeles rave scene as he investigates the apparent suicide of a tabloid reporter.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner | Stars: Peter Falk, Matthew Rhys, Jennifer Sky, Douglas Roberts
Votes: 2,002
47.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Murder with Too Many Notes
(2001)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Hollywood film composer and conductor murdered a talented musician who has been ghostwriting most of his work in recent years.
Director: Patrick McGoohan | Stars: Peter Falk, Billy Connolly, Richard Riehle, Charles Cioffi
Votes: 1,935
48.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Ashes to Ashes
(1998)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a much maligned Hollywood gossip columnist is murdered by her former lover, Columbo tries to find a way to prove he was responsible for the crime.
Director: Patrick McGoohan | Stars: Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan, Rue McClanahan, Richard Riehle
Votes: 1,988
49.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Trace of Murder
(1997)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A beautiful woman and her forensics expert boyfriend try to frame her very rich husband for murder.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, David Rasche, Shera Danese, Barry Corbin
Votes: 1,858
50. Undercover (1994 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lt Columbo investigates men and women being killed over pieces of a photo they have that shows where 4 million dollars in stolen money is hidden.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Ed Begley Jr., Burt Young, Harrison Page
Votes: 1,788
51.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Butterfly in Shades of Grey
(1994)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo investigates a case involving argumentative radio talk show host Fielding Chase.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Peter Falk, William Shatner, Molly Hagan, Jack Laufer
Votes: 1,889
52.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Death Hits the Jackpot
(1991)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Columbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Rip Torn, Jamie Rose, Gary Kroeger
Votes: 1,899
53.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Goes to College
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two college students decide to murder their professor during a class that Columbo is teaching.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Peter Falk, Stephen Caffrey, Gary Hershberger, James Sutorius
Votes: 2,227
54.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Murder in Malibu
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful writer of romance novels who is involved with a young, ambitious womanizer, is found shot to death in her Malibu home.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens, Brenda Vaccaro, Floyd Levine
Votes: 1,833
55.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Candidate for Crime
(1973)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Peter Falk, Jackie Cooper, Joanne Linville, Tisha Sterling
Votes: 2,762
56.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Swan Song
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Peter Falk, Johnny Cash, Ida Lupino, John Dehner
Votes: 3,290
57.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Stitch in Crime
(1973)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Peter Falk, Leonard Nimoy, Anne Francis, Nita Talbot
Votes: 3,298
58.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Requiem for a Falling Star
(1973)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Peter Falk, Anne Baxter, Frank Converse, Pippa Scott
Votes: 2,784
59. Prescription: Murder (1968 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom
Votes: 5,537
60.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Dead Weight
(1971)
TV-PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Peter Falk, Eddie Albert, Kate Reid, Suzanne Pleshette
Votes: 3,352
61.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Suitable for Framing
(1971)
PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy art collector is murdered, and all signs point to a robbery gone wrong. But the nephew's alibi is a little too convenient, and Columbo pulls a fast one to ferret out the killer.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Peter Falk, Ross Martin, Don Ameche, Kim Hunter
Votes: 3,594
62.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Murder, Smoke and Shadows
(1989)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An egocentric wunderkind director, Alex Bradey, murders a childhood friend, Leonard Fisher, who threatens to expose his complicity in the negligent death of Leonard's sister, Jenny, years before Bradey found fame and success.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Fisher Stevens, Molly Hagan, Nan Martin
Votes: 2,281
63.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Sex and the Married Detective
(1989)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a successful sex therapist with a best selling book and a hit TV show is crushed to learn her business partner/lover is cheating on her, she plots appropriate revenge.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Lindsay Crouse, Julia Montgomery, Peter Jurasik
Votes: 2,104
64.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Any Old Port in a Storm
(1973)
TV-PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wine connisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Peter Falk, Donald Pleasence, Joyce Jillson, Gary Conway
Votes: 3,740
65.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Playback
(1975)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gadget-happy inventor murders his mother-in-law; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Peter Falk, Oskar Werner, Gena Rowlands, Robert Brown
Votes: 2,547
66.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Deadly State of Mind
(1975)
TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychiatrist, who specializes in hypnosis, murders the husband of his mistress and convinces her to lie to the police; it's up to Lt. Columbo to discover the truth.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, George Hamilton, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 2,256
67.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Case of Immunity
(1975)
TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The first secretary to the Suarian king may have immunity from the consequences of committing murder, but Lt. Columbo is wilier than any foreign diplomat.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Peter Falk, Hector Elizondo, Sal Mineo, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 2,276
68.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star
(1991)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Columbo matches wits with a defense lawyer who has never lost a case in his career.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Peter Falk, Shera Danese, Cheryl Paris, Julian Stone
Votes: 1,928
69.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
A Matter of Honor
(1976)
TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a famous bullfighter's trusted bookkeeper turns up dead in a bullring, Lt. Columbo suspects murder--with a bull as the murder weapon.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Peter Falk, Ricardo Montalban, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., A Martinez
Votes: 2,181
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