Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "corpse-in-water"

1. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt

Votes: 252,726

2. The Abyss (1989)

PG-13 | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester

Votes: 193,122 | Gross: $54.46M

3. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Two idiots try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser

Votes: 62,845 | Gross: $30.22M

4. Primal Fear (1996)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney

Votes: 246,869 | Gross: $56.12M

5. Copycat (1995)

R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara

Votes: 65,859 | Gross: $32.05M

6. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko

Votes: 85,647 | Gross: $33.33M

7. The Longest Day (1962)

G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda

Votes: 59,049 | Gross: $39.10M

8. Across the Universe (2007)

PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.

Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs

Votes: 114,255 | Gross: $51.66M

9. The Swimming Pool (1969)

16+ | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter, Penelope, to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin

Votes: 12,717 | Gross: $0.03M

10. Piranha (1978)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 24,696 | Gross: $6.00M

11. The Turning (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Votes: 16,141

12. Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018 Video)

R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A brilliant billionaire creates five genetically altered bull sharks, which proceed to wreak havoc for a group of scientists on an isolated research facility.

Director: Darin Scott | Stars: Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, Michael Beach, Nathan Lynn

Votes: 8,314

13. Switch (1991)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, Lorraine Bracco

Votes: 10,498 | Gross: $15.55M

14. The Naked City (1948)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor

Votes: 15,491

15. Hour of the Wolf (1968)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg

Votes: 22,566

16. Ludwig (1973)

R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History

The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano

Votes: 5,994

17. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former police detective, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into L.A's criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks

Votes: 5,944 | Gross: $1.31M

18. Hysterical (1982)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror

A burned out writer retreats to a northwest town called Hellview to write the great American novel. Unfortunately for him, the lighthouse he is renting is inhabited by the spirit of a woman... See full summary »

Director: Chris Bearde | Stars: Bill Hudson, Mark Hudson, Brett Hudson, Cindy Pickett

Votes: 916

19. Scar (2007)

R | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Joan Burrows returns to her hometown for her niece's graduation, only to be confronted by the serial killer she thought she offed years ago -- after he kidnapped and tormented her and killed her best friend.

Director: Jed Weintrob | Stars: Angela Bettis, Brittney Wilson, Tegan Moss, Ben Cotton

Votes: 2,964

20. Captain Conan (1996)

129 min | Drama, War

The war exploits of French captain Conan and his men during World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich

Votes: 2,449

21. Golden Salamander (1950)

Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A man is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye to the suffering it creates.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimée, Herbert Lom, Walter Rilla

Votes: 709

22. In the Arms of My Enemy (2007)

R | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Four men living in Eastern Europe in 1856 get caught up in tales of thievery, murder and revenge.

Director: Micha Wald | Stars: Adrien Jolivet, Grégoire Colin, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, François-René Dupont

Votes: 592

23. Kruso (2018 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

The young student Ed (Jonathan Berlin) wants to get out, leave everything behind. He finds refuge on the Baltic Island of Hiddensee, at a time when the GDR is in its last legs. Many have ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Stuber | Stars: Albrecht Schuch, Jonathan Berlin, Andreas Leupold, Peter Schneider

Votes: 138

24. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue: Where the Wild Roses Grow (1995 Music Video)

G | 4 min | Music

The song "Where the Wild Roses Grow" tells about a man who fell in love with a young and beautiful girl and killed her, so as not to see how her beauty fades. Naturally, Nick sings on ... See full summary »

Director: Rocky Schenck | Stars: Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue

Votes: 199

25. Barschel: A Murder in Geneva (1993)

74 min | Drama

A conspiracy-theorizing filmmaker meets with a prospective producer in order to pitch a movie about the death of real-life German politician Uwe Barschel, in which the official ruling of suicide raised more questions than answers.

Directors: Uwe Boll, Frank Lustig | Stars: Michael Rasmussen, Peter Schwab, Karl-Friedrich Gerster, Bernd Rieser

Votes: 1,331

26. The Last Witness (2001)

104 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Based on a true story and a legendary Korean novel, this movie follows Detective Oh (superstar Lee Jung Jae) and his investigation into the mysterious murder of a North Korean. His ... See full summary »

Director: Bae Chang-ho | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Mi-yeon, Jeong Jun-ho

Votes: 359

27. Gefährliche Freundin (1996 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Crime

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Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Katharina Thalbach, Corinna Harfouch, Nikolaus Paryla, Armin Rohde

Votes: 43

28. Für Mord kein Beweis (1979)

96 min | Crime, Mystery

A week after a fight with her husband of 20 years, a woman's naked body is found in a lake. Was it an accident, suicide or - murder?

Director: Konrad Petzold | Stars: Winfried Glatzeder, Peter Bause, Wolfgang Penz, Udo Schenk

Votes: 37

29. Liu shi liu hao wu (1936)

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Director: Tit Lee | Stars: Sing-To Tong, Ngai-Sing Wu, Kam-mei Wong, Sau-nin Woo

30. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)
Episode: Unter den Straßen von Wien (1995)

47 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A bag with human intestines is found in the sewers.A corpse with no clues for his identity and a very difficult case are waiting for inspector Moser and Rex,who went from the shower to the sewer.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Karl Markovics, Wolf Bachofner, Gerhard Zemann

Votes: 87

31. Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode: A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971 (1989)

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

Sam must save a young woman who drowns while insisting that she is hearing the calls of her dead husband.

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt, Robert Torti

Votes: 542

32. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Floater (1996)

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

Inspector Webb is slow in coming forward with information on the death of Moira Randall as he doesn't want his affair with her uncovered.

Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Sophie Heathcote, Brett Partridge

Votes: 19

33. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Shroud Lines (1997)

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

During a wedding aboard the Bounty the mainsail unfurls and a corpse drops on the deck; Sykes searches for his stolen car.

Director: Geoffrey Nottage | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley

Votes: 15

34. The Camomile Lawn (1992)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (1992)

53 min | Drama, Romance, War

Polly is unnaturally calm when a telegram arrives informing of Walter's death whereas Calypso breaks down. Having had sex at last with Oliver - and almost getting caught by Hector - she is ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Felicity Kendal, Nicholas Le Prevost, Rebecca Hall, James Gaddas

Votes: 41

35. The Sandhamn Murders (2010– )
Episode: I de lugnaste vatten (Del 1) (2010)

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

A body in the water and the Stockholm police is notified. At first it seems to be a drowning accident but Thomas Andreasson, the detective assigned to the case, soon suspects that it is a murder case.

Director: Marcus Olsson | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Alexandra Rapaport, Jonas Malmsjö, Sofia Pekkari

Votes: 239

36. Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2012)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman's voice reports a dead body to the police. When the police arrive there is not a trace of the caller and it is a mystery whether the death is due to a murder or suicide. With the ... See full summary »

Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Keisuke Koide, Terumi Akazawa

37. München Mord (2013– )
Episode: Auf der Straße, nachts, allein (2017)

90 min | Crime

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Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Bernadette Heerwagen, Marcus Mittermeier, Alexander Held, Judith Rosmair

Votes: 98

38. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Normandy (1995)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at the battle of Normandy and the events leading up to it. Profiles of the national and battle leaders, the units involved, and the events that were crucial to the outcome.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery