Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "bail-bondsman"

1. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The adventures of a film stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow.

Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post

Votes: 8,951

2. Jackie Brown (1997)

R | 154 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda

Votes: 374,748 | Gross: $39.67M

3. Smokin' Aces (2006)

R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Joseph Ruskin

Votes: 152,026 | Gross: $35.66M

4. Good Time (2017)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress

Votes: 140,175 | Gross: $2.03M

5. Barb Wire (1996)

R | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi

During the Second American Civil War in 2017, Barb Wire owns a nightclub called the Hammerhead. Things become complicated when her ex-lover Axel Hood, who is married to the fugitive Corrina Devonshire, re-enters her life.

Director: David Hogan | Stars: Pamela Anderson, Amir AboulEla, Adriana Alexander, David Andriole

Votes: 31,270 | Gross: $3.79M

6. Midnight Run (1988)

R | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton

Votes: 94,170 | Gross: $38.41M

7. Metro (1997)

R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Kim Miyori, Art Evans

Votes: 29,068 | Gross: $31.99M

8. Head of State (2003)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy

When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, Washington, D.C. alderman Mays Gilliam is unexpectedly picked as his replacement.

Director: Chris Rock | Stars: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Lynn Whitfield, Dylan Baker

Votes: 21,228 | Gross: $37.79M

9. The Bondsman

Action, Drama, Horror | Filming

Resurrected bounty hunter Hub Halloran gets an unexpected second chance at life, love, and his nearly-forgotten musical career - only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.

Stars: Kevin Bacon, Maxwell Jenkins, Damon Herriman, Jennifer Nettles

10. The Hunter (1980)

PG | 97 min | Action, Biography, Comedy

Bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is receiving death threats from a criminal he helped put away. This while his girlfriend is about to give birth, an event he isn't looking forward to.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton

Votes: 7,149

11. All About the Benjamins (2002)

R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Bounty hunter Bucum chases bail-jumper Reggie, who runs right into the scene of a diamond heist and murder and gets shot at as well. Later they become partners in their pursuit of the $20M in diamonds and lottery ticket. Their women join.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin

Votes: 15,630 | Gross: $25.48M

12. Raw Justice (1994)

R | 92 min | Action, Thriller

Mayor Stiles' daughter Donna is killed the night after a lousy date with the shy Mitch. Of course this makes him the main suspect. When Mitch gets free on bail, Styles hires ex-cop Mace to follow him.

Director: David A. Prior | Stars: David Keith, Robert Hays, Pamela Anderson, Leo Rossi

Votes: 1,453

13. Pink Cadillac (1989)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Skip tracer Tommy looks for bail-jumper Lou Ann. Her crime is marrying Roy, who left counterfeit money in their mobile home and got her arrested. She leaves Roy in his pink Cadillac full of money. His psycho friends want their money back.

Director: Buddy Van Horn | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters, Timothy Carhart, Tiffany Gail Robinson

Votes: 12,347 | Gross: $12.14M

14. Gang Related (1997)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.

Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 10,009 | Gross: $5.79M

15. The Seven-Ups (1973)

PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

Director: Philip D'Antoni | Stars: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon

Votes: 6,645 | Gross: $2.32M

16. Truck Turner (1974)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase

Votes: 3,589 | Gross: $0.18M

17. The Reunion (II) (2011)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Drama

4 half siblings stand to inherit $3,000,000 each from their dad, if they work together as family for 2 years. 3 of them go to Mexico as bounty hunters to get a bail-jumper, who's connected to the kidnapping of a billionaire.

Director: Michael Pavone | Stars: John Cena, Ethan Embry, Amy Smart, Michael Rispoli

Votes: 4,337

18. The Condemned 2 (2015 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.

Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Randy Orton, Eric Roberts, Wes Studi, Steven Michael Quezada

Votes: 3,157

19. Remember the Night (1939)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson

Votes: 7,188 | Gross: $0.17M

20. Trouble Man (1972)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A neighborhood "problem solver" is framed for murder by a couple of local crime bosses trying to get him out of the way.

Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers

Votes: 1,603

21. Alley Cat (1984)

R | 82 min | Action

A martial artist stops a street gang from stealing her car, but her grandmother ends up being killed by the same gang. She witnesses firsthand how corrupt and inept law enforcement is, and decides to take matters into her own hands.

Directors: Victor M. Ordonez, Ed Palmos, Al Valletta | Stars: Karin Mani, Robert Torti, Britt Helfer, Michael Wayne

Votes: 1,049

22. Another Midnight Run (1994 TV Movie)

89 min | Action, Comedy

Jack Walsh tries to track down two of the top con-artists around. But they know every trick in the book and Jack has trouble bringing them back to LA and getting a $45,000 pay day reward.

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Christopher McDonald, Julie Lott, Jeremy Lawrence, John Fleck

Votes: 270

23. Family Bonds (2004–2005)

30 min | Reality-TV

Bail Bonds Business run by The Evsngelista Family in Long Island NEW YORK.

Stars: Tom Evangelista, Flo Evangelista, Chris Evangelista, Dana Giassakis

Votes: 73

24. The Street with No Name (1948)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A covert FBI agent infiltrates a ruthless gangster mob, but his life is at risk from a mysterious informant who funnels inside information to the hoodlums.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Lawrence

Votes: 3,338

25. Bounty Hunters (1996 Video)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Jersey Bellini is a bounty hunter who forms an uneasy partnership with a rival to capture a fugitive. But the hunters soon discover that the crook is also the man the mob most wants dead! ... See full summary »

Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Lisa Howard, Ben Immanuel, Erin Fitzgerald

Votes: 589

26. Big Mistake (2014)

100 min | Crime, Thriller

A young bounty hunter falls for a troublesome socialite whom he is supposed to bring in and soon finds she is more than he can handle.

Director: Michael Perez | Stars: Sylvia Adelina Padilla, Samson Snell, Mark Vasconcellos, Aaron Alexander

Votes: 77

27. Alex & the Gypsy (1976)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

Alexander Main, a bail bondsman, falls for one of his "customers", a pretty gypsy girl, Maritza, who's been accused of murder.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods, Gino Ardito

Votes: 268

28. W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989 Video)

R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A trio of hapless bounty hunters are recruited by a shady bail bondsman to try to keep a witness in drug trial alive to testify.

Director: Max Kleven | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Tony Brubaker, Thomas Rosales Jr.

Votes: 606

29. Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (2013– )

Reality-TV

Dog and Beth switch gears and help other bail bond agencies who are on the brink of extinction, training them how to create a sustaining bounty hunter business.

Stars: Duane 'Dog' Chapman, Beth Chapman, Leland Chapman, Sonny Westbrook

Votes: 316

30. The Whistler (1944)

Passed | 59 min | Film-Noir, Mystery

A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 1,119

31. Blackhats (2015)

104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The feature length indie cyber thriller "blackhats" is about a reformed bail recovery agent who helps a co worker track down her brother who is part of a group of super hackers before they are assassinated by a rival bounty hunter.

Director: Laron Austin | Stars: Errol Sadler, Doris Morgado, Ted Huckabee, Cheri Christian

Votes: 62 | Gross: $0.18M

32. Legmen (1984)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The cases of two college students who moonlight as a bail bondsman's investigators.

Stars: Bruce Greenwood, John Terlesky, Don Calfa, Claude Akins

Votes: 45

33. A Dangerous Profession (1949)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

LA ex-cop Vince Kane is a bail-bondsman who bails out the suspect of a securities bonds robbery but his client disappears, prompting Vince to investigate.

Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, Bill Williams

Votes: 743

34. Blood Money (1933)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

Bill Bailey (George Bancroft) is a Los Angeles, California bail bondsman who lives in a world of complete, casual corruption, where all he has to do is pick up the phone to get the charges ... See full summary »

Director: Rowland Brown | Stars: George Bancroft, Judith Anderson, Frances Dee, Chick Chandler

Votes: 415

35. A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)

Approved | 69 min | Drama, Romance

An "exotic dancer" is thrown in jail for "lewd activity." She later discovers the raid was set up by her boss to get publicity.

Director: Don Brodie | Stars: Jan Wiley, Phil Warren, Eddie Dunn, Janet Scott

Votes: 106

36. Made on Broadway (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama

Jeff is the supreme press agent who has his own private club where the rich and powerful meet and drink for free. It is free until they need him and he charges a bundle. Jeff has power, ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Sally Eilers, Madge Evans, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 184

37. All Worked Up (2009–2011)

TV-14 | Reality-TV

This series follows the lives of many people whose jobs consist of giving people bad news, usually resulting in fights, arguments, etc.

Stars: Jackie Pucci, Rich Hopkins, Dave Donovan, Jose Padilla

Votes: 212

38. Allotment Wives (1945)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael

Votes: 568

39. Secrets of an Undercover Wife (2007 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wife goes undercover to gain information from the mob to free her husband from jail who has been convicted for embezzlement and murder.

Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Shawnee Smith, Michael Woods, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Lori Triolo

Votes: 242

40. Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter (2007– )

60 min | Reality-TV

Former female wrestler Sandra Scott balances family life with running her own bail bonds business in Phoenix, Arizona.

Stars: Tiffany Million, Ron Scott, Sabree Scott, Ever-Skye Scott

Votes: 25

41. Big Town Scandal (1948)

Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama

Steve Wilson, crusading editor of the Big Town's Illustrated Press, with the aid of police-beat reporter Lorelei Kilbourne battles against the core of the city's vice - its young ... See full summary »

Director: William C. Thomas | Stars: Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements, Darryl Hickman

Votes: 96

42. Maid's Night Out (1938)

Passed | 64 min | Romance, Comedy

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he mistakes for a maid.

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Allan Lane, Billy Gilbert, Cecil Kellaway

Votes: 466

43. Blondie's Holiday (1947)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Family

Dagwood gets in trouble with bookies and winds up in jail. Bank manager Samuel Breckinridge comes to his rescue to thank Dagwood for getting compulsive gambler Mrs. Breckinridge out of the casino just before the police raid.

Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie

Votes: 201

44. No Time to Marry (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy

In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop".

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Richard Arlen, Mary Astor, Lionel Stander, Virginia Dale

Votes: 21

45. The Real Untouchables (2001 TV Movie)

Documentary, History

The three-part documentary examines Eliot Ness, Melvin Purvis and Thomas Dewey: three real-life heroes who battled organized crime between the two world wars.

Director: John Fothergill | Stars: James Woods, Bob Kaliebe, Dominic Capone III, Tom Clarke Hill

Votes: 23

46. Convenience (II) (2017)

Comedy, Crime

A young war vet and his gambling-addicted roommate find themselves on a local gangster's bad side when they go looking for a quick score.

Director: David James | Stars: Gregory Patrick Agnew, Kevin Borngrebe, Michael Compton, David Eves

47. Werewolf (1987–1988)
Episode: Pilot (1987)

90 min | Horror, Thriller

Grad student Eric Cord becomes infected with lycanthropy after his friend turns into a werewolf and attacks him. Now, Eric and his girlfriend are after the monster that infected his friend, and a tough cowboy bounty hunter pursues Eric.

Director: David Hemmings | Stars: John J. York, Lance LeGault, Chuck Connors, Raphael Sbarge

Votes: 338

48. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
Episode: Thank God It's Monday (1984)

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

A weekend spent clearing up lousy precinct paperwork leads Chris and Mary Beth to race to serve a warrant before the statute of limitations expires. Meanwhile Det. Petrie finds his weekend used up painting his apartment.

Director: Victor Lobl | Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Al Waxman, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 60

49. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
Episode: Pilot (1991)

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Barry Tarberry, a corrupt Wall Street businessman hiding from the FBI on a Caribbean island run by a flashy dictator, agrees to help ghost pirate Black Jack Savage save 100 lives to avoid hell. First, they must bust a local crime ring.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Daniel Hugh Kelly, Stoney Jackson, Roma Downey, Bert Rosario

Votes: 6

50. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Hunters (1999)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two violent and overzealous bounty hunters working for a bail bondsman interfere with a murder investigation. They are ultimately responsible for two more deaths during their pursuit.

Director: Richard Dobbs | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 279