Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "false-confession-to-murder"

1. The Reader (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain

Votes: 259,772 | Gross: $34.19M

2. In the Name of the Father (1993)

R | 133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King

Votes: 187,056 | Gross: $25.01M

3. 10 to Midnight (1983)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An LAPD detective and his rookie partner are on the trail of a psychopathic young man who is murdering young women.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis

Votes: 9,346 | Gross: $7.10M

4. Passion (2012)

R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson

Votes: 24,244 | Gross: $0.09M

5. I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)

Unrated | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

Jennifer is still haunted by the memory of being gang raped and almost killed years ago. At her therapist's advice, she joins group therapy and meets similar women. She befriends one and they want more than just talk - justice/vengeance.

Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jen Landon, Doug McKeon, Gabriel Hogan

Votes: 15,542

6. Back Roads (2018)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1993, Harley's dad is shot dead and his mom goes to prison. He has to earn money and look after his 3 kid sisters. No college. Over 2 years, family secrets are slowly revealed. Will a good therapist be enough?

Director: Alex Pettyfer | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Chiara Aurelia

Votes: 5,480

7. Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A skeleton found in Lake Eden reveals the true identity of a beloved resident. Despite her fiancé's disapproval, Hannah investigates the murder and enlists her mother's help to uncover the truth and bring the killer to justice.

Director: Pat Williams | Stars: Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven, Gabriel Hogan

Votes: 698

8. 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: 5,516

9. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders

Votes: 33,297 | Gross: $0.01M

10. Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Connie, unwed and pregnant, is heading to Boston by train when she meets wealthy newlyweds Hugh and Patricia. The train crashes, and when Connie comes to in the hospital, she is mistaken for Patricia, who died in the crash with Hugh.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser, Miguel Sandoval

Votes: 8,469 | Gross: $10.07M

11. Clockers (1995)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 23,522 | Gross: $13.04M

12. Matador (1986)

NC-17 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Eva Cobo

Votes: 12,948 | Gross: $0.21M

13. Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest

Votes: 28,512

14. No Way Out (1950)

Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier

Votes: 6,277

15. Deep Water (1981)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey

Votes: 1,078

16. Safe in Hell (1931)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray

Votes: 2,040

17. All That Divides Us (2017)

Not Rated | 99 min | Thriller

A city in Sète. A bourgeois family in a house in the middle of nowhere clashes with slum-dwellers residing in the projects. A mother and her daughter. Two childhood friends. A disappearance... See full summary »

Director: Thierry Klifa | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Diane Kruger, Nekfeu, Nicolas Duvauchelle

Votes: 790

18. Flaxy Martin (1949)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mob attorney Walter Colby is manipulated by showgirl Flaxy Martin into taking the rap for a murder committed by mobster Hap Richie's goons but he escapes and tries to get revenge.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Tom D'Andrea

Votes: 1,005

19. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain-dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish

Votes: 585

20. They Call It Sin (1932)

Passed | 69 min | Drama

Marian moves to New York to make it big in the chorus and becomes involved in a love triangle.

Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Loretta Young, George Brent, Una Merkel, David Manners

Votes: 759

21. Cruelty (2016)

TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two girls disappear from a playground and the two best detectives in the police force try to solve the case.

Director: Anton Sigurdsson | Stars: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Pétur Óskar, Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Votes: 281

22. White Paws (1949)

92 min | Drama

An eccentric man (Paul Bernard) endangers himself when he makes advances toward the girlfriend (Suzy Delair) of a saloon keeper (Fernand Ledoux).

Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard, Arlette Thomas

Votes: 392

23. Dark Shadows (1944)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a homicidal killer.

Directors: Walter Hart, Paul Burnford | Stars: Henry O'Neill, Morris Ankrum, Arthur Space, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 222

24. Les 3 font la paire (1957)

85 min | Comedy, Crime

An actor was murdered in Montmartre while filming a comedy. Commissioner Bernard was immediately in charge of the investigation, but his investigations stalled until the day it was discovered that the crime had been filmed.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Michel Simon, Sophie Desmarets, Philippe Nicaud, Jean Rigaux

Votes: 113

25. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: The Wrong Man: Marty Tankleff (2002)

50 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

The case of Marty Tankleff, who was convicted of the 1988 double murder of his parents in Long Island, New York, is reinvestigated by retired NYPD detective Jerry Palace.

Director: Michael Schlossman | Stars: Jerry Palace, Marty Tankleff, Herbert Spiegel

Votes: 11

26. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Episode #7.11 (2005)

TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Drama

Fenner's murder investigation gets underway. The new no-nonsense governor is quick to make a number of unpopular changes. Phyl is far from happy to be back on G Wing.

Director: Declan O'Dwyer | Stars: Jack Ellis, Tony Slattery, Lucy O'Connell, Dannielle Brent

Votes: 30

27. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Unholy Alliances (2002)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama

Fenner and Karen foil the escape. Yvonne's lawyer advises her to plead guilty to Virginia's murder. The new governor arrives at Larkhall. Sylvia is put in charge of the G Wing tuck shop. Di takes a liking to the new PO.

Director: Jo Johnson | Stars: Linda Henry, Claire King, Jack Ellis, Eugene Walker

Votes: 44

28. Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode: Can't Win for Losin' (1976)

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

Joey Rich, a half-employed middle-aged ghetto black man, has a serious problem: his son is addicted to heroin. Rich confronts the dealer and gets a contemptuous horselaugh. Rich starts ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Robert Blake, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Carl W. Crudup, Maidie Norman

Votes: 41

29. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Big Middle (2005)

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

Catherine, Warrick and Nick investigate a shotgun killing in the desert. What they come across however is a beaver dam full of money. When they subsequently learn that the victim worked at ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Eagles | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 746

30. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Committed (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the inmate Robbie Garson is found dead inside his room, Grissom, Sara and Capt. Brass investigate the murder. They learn that the inmates are criminally insane and rapists, and they ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 788

31. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Wasted (2006)

TV-14 | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A famous model drops dead on the catwalk. Though she is thin, the young model is very healthy. Mac, Danny, and Sheldon Hawkes work together to solve the mystery. At the PD, a man gives ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff T. Thomas | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 310

32. Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode: Home for Christmas (1999)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Family

Nick is accused of murder, and the residents of Plumfield think his brother Ben is behind the crime.

Director: Robert Malenfant | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas

Votes: 10

33. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Gilded Lily (1958)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Enid Griffin overdoses on sleeping pills when her boss, Stewart Brent, unexpectedly got married. Arthur Binney blackmails Brent and his wife Anne to suppress the fact that she has a prison record. Brent is framed for the murder of Binney.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 397

34. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Screaming Woman (1958)

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

An elderly nurse visits Perry for advice but leaves not listening. Later, she arrives at the police station to confess to killing a columnist who is using a book she stole from a doctor to blackmail him into giving her a baby of her own.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 445

35. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: A Trout in the Milk (1973)

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

An artist is thrown to his death from his apartment window. Stone and Keller's investigation centers on the daughter of a renowned eccentric poet, who sets to spinning a web of deception to deflect the dogged detectives from her trail.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Roscoe Lee Browne, Brenda Sykes

Votes: 175

36. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode: An Innocent Man (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A five-year-old case is coming to a close when a serial murderer is finally facing the death penalty. But everyone's dreams come back to haunt them and Walker follows his instincts in believing that they got the wrong man scheduled to die.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Noble Willingham, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 132

37. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Force of Habit (1999)

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

When the Water Police investigate the murder of a wealthy businessman and the apparent kidnapping of his wife, Hawker is re-acquainted with a woman he once loved. Gail informs Jeff she has started divorce proceedings.

Director: Ray Quint | Stars: Steve Bisley, Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Aaron Pedersen

Votes: 15

38. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Wrecked (1996)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Attending a bush fire at a coastal national park, the Nemesis crew notice bloodied tracks in the sand and find a man digging a body in a shallow grave.

Director: Mark Piper | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Sophie Heathcote, Brett Partridge

Votes: 17

39. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: The Unusual Suspect (2006)

TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In a courtroom, Det. Sofia, Dr. Robbins and Nick go to the stand to testify about the murder of the popular high-school student Stacy Vollmer, who was found wrapped in a shower curtain and ... See full summary »

Director: Alec Smight | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 921

40. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Double Cross (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A lounge singer is found crucified inside a Catholic church, and the church's new pastor fails to disclose that he knows the victim from all the way back to high school.

Director: Michael Slovis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 791

41. Balthazar (2018–2023)
Episode: La loi du plus fort (2019)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Thriller

Lt Bach's former boss and mentor Cat Meyer is in town to give evidence at a trial. When Cat is found stabbed to death in the woods, Bach has step in but quickly discovers something is very wrong with the case.

Director: Nicolas Capus | Stars: Tomer Sisley, Hélène de Fougerolles, Yannig Samot, Philypa Phoenix

Votes: 67

42. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: The Key (2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

John is settling in as one of Virginia's rangers when a mysterious death sends him on an investigation that makes him question everything he thought about himself.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Maggie Grace, Colman Domingo

Votes: 3,310

43. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Podcast News (2020)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Grampa is accused of a crime, while Kent Brockman questions his career.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Faughnan | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 873

44. Balthazar (2018–2023)
Episode: Vendredi 13 (2020)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Thriller

Balthazar and Bach investigate the death of a young waiter from a casino.

Director: Mona Achache | Stars: Tomer Sisley, Hélène de Fougerolles, Yannig Samot, Philypa Phoenix

Votes: 66

45. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: The Happy Face Killer (2009)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Crime

A common-law couple were found guilty of the 1990 rape and murder near Portland of Taunja Bennett. But a letter signed with a happy face sent to a Portland newspaper claimed responsibility ... See full summary »

Directors: Steve Allen, Chris Triffo | Stars: Bill Courage, Rick Buckner, Don Findlay, Keith Hunter Jesperson

Votes: 8

46. The Defenders (2010–2011)
Episode: Nevada v. Sen. Harper (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Nick and Pete are shocked when their client, a state senator, is charged with the kidnapping and burglary of his mistress in the midst of a divorce case. Meanwhile, Pete defends an ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff T. Thomas | Stars: Jim Belushi, Jerry O'Connell, Jurnee Smollett, Tanya Fischer

Votes: 82

47. Professor T (2021– )
Episode: The Trial (2022)

51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The professor delivers a series of lectures detailing a high-profile court case of a caretaker accused of murdering his employer. The professor is convinced the man is innocent, bringing him into conflict with the CID team.

Director: Dries Vos | Stars: Frances de la Tour, Douglas Reith, Barney White, Emma Naomi

Votes: 211

48. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: Troubled Waters (2004)

Documentary, Crime, Drama

The case of Thomas Carter Chapman III, who confessed to the murder of a Jane Doe found along the banks of Cocalico Creek in Ephrata, Pennsylvania in 1998. The victim was discovered to be 20... See full summary »

Director: Scott Tiffany | Stars: Gene Galusha, Sarah Campana, Derrick Reisinger, Jeff Lamendola

49. Magnum P.I. (2018–2024)
Episode: NSFW (2023)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime

Magnum and Higgins search for a CEO who has mysteriously vanished. Rick braces for a visit from his wild-child little sister, Ruthie.

Director: Eagle Egilsson | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill

Votes: 317

50. Elementary (2012–2019)
Episode: Poison Pen (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When dominatrix friend of Sherlock's finds her client dead, Sherlock determines that he had been poisoned.

Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 1,218