Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "county-sheriff"

1. Longmire (2012–2017)

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

Walt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit.

Stars: Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips, Cassidy Freeman

Votes: 39,993

2. Justified: City Primeval (2023)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama

Series based on Elmore Leonard's novel "City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit."

Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall

Votes: 17,514

3. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama

Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy

Votes: 332,815

4. Porky's (1981)

R | 94 min | Comedy

In 1954, a group of Florida high-school guys try to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson

Votes: 45,747 | Gross: $111.29M

5. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell

Votes: 58,578 | Gross: $5.13M

6. Vengeance (II) (2022)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

A writer from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.

Director: B.J. Novak | Stars: B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Lio Tipton, Ashton Kutcher

Votes: 37,010

7. Superman II (1980)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty

Votes: 114,611 | Gross: $108.19M

8. Walking Tall (2004)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Crime

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Bowen

Votes: 109,969 | Gross: $46.44M

9. Convoy (1978)

PG | 110 min | Action, Drama

Truckers form a mile-long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff - Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young

Votes: 18,604 | Gross: $45.00M

10. The Outlaw (1943)

G | 116 min | Drama, Western

Western legends Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid are played against each other over the law and the attentions of vivacious country vixen Rio McDonald.

Directors: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks | Stars: Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell, Walter Huston

Votes: 4,979

11. Silent Fall (1994)

R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An autistic boy witnesses his parents' double murder. A controversial therapist seeks to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 4,887 | Gross: $3.18M

12. Bagdad Cafe (1987)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.

Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann

Votes: 15,192 | Gross: $3.59M

13. We Summon the Darkness (2019)

R | 91 min | Horror, Music, Thriller

Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after-party.

Director: Marc Meyers | Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth

Votes: 11,871

14. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 7,830 | Gross: $0.62M

15. The Tin Star (1957)

Approved | 93 min | Western

A cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Michel Ray

Votes: 6,551

16. Edge of Eternity (1959)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the 1950s, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin is pressured by his community to solve a string of mysterious murders around a mining ghost town in the Grand Canyon.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 1,122

17. On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper

Votes: 8,064

18. Death of a Gunfighter (1969)

M | 94 min | Drama, Western

A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides.

Directors: Don Siegel, Robert Totten | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu

Votes: 1,620

19. County Line: All In (2022)

86 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Sheriff Rockwell teams up with the new sheriff of York County, a young woman, to solve a murder that happened on the county line.

Director: Brent Christy | Stars: Tom Wopat, Kelsey Crane, Denim Richards, Patricia Richardson

Votes: 288

20. Forty Guns (1957)

Not Rated | 80 min | Western

Showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S.Marshals, and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fist rancher who controls the territory.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson

Votes: 6,215

21. Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)

R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller

During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan

Votes: 687

22. Desperate (1947)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A young married couple flee both the police and a gangster out for revenge.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 2,614

23. Cover Up (1949)

TV-14 | 83 min | Film-Noir, Mystery

An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton, Art Baker

Votes: 1,356

24. The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)

Approved | 81 min | Western

After his brother the sheriff is murdered, Bat Masterson is elected to the job and is determined to find the killer and make Dodge City safe.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Nancy Gates

Votes: 1,068

25. The Gold Retrievers (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

It's been the perfect summer for 12 year old Josh, riding the streets on his skateboard and hanging with his best friend, Marley the mischievous dog. But the threat of losing his home looms large as a giant mall has moved into town.

Director: James D.R. Hickox | Stars: Noah Centineo, Courtney Biggs, Scott Vandiver, Curtis Armstrong

Votes: 292

26. The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Eddie Grant is a radio station sound-effects man whose honeymoon takes a turn for the worse when they discovers the corpse of a program producer in in their honeymoon suite.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Arthur Lake, Janis Carter, Lynne Roberts, Frank Sully

Votes: 98

27. Man at Large (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Mystery, Thriller, War

Reporter Dallas Dayle and FBI agent Bob Grayson hunt an escaped German agent.

Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Marjorie Weaver, George Reeves, Richard Derr, Steven Geray

Votes: 35

28. A High and Awful Price: Lessons Learned from the Camp Fire (2019 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

These are the lessons hard won by the people who fought and survived the Camp Fire.

Director: Christopher Allan Smith | Stars: Shelby Boston, Cindi Dunsmoor, David Hawks, Kory Honea

29. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Pilot (1993)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Agent Dana Scully is instructed to debunk an FBI project dubbed "The X-Files," paranormal cases that have been reopened by Agent Fox Mulder.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Cioffi, Cliff De Young

Votes: 12,731

30. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: A Nice Place to Visit (1983)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The Watkins family tries to run the A-Team out of town when they visit to attend a friend's funeral.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz

Votes: 436

31. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: Black Day at Bad Rock (1983)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Since B.A. is seriously wounded, Hannibal decides to stop in a remote town to get medical help. This results in Hannibal and Face getting locked up in jail. To make matters worse, a biker gang is on its way to burn the town to the ground.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz

Votes: 540

32. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode: Escape from Los Santos (1978)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

David 'Brown' and a young widow he has never met before are framed for the murder of her husband by a corrupt sheriff and his men. Handcuffed together, the two of them make their escape.

Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Shelley Fabares

Votes: 202

33. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode: Sanctuary (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

David is urged to present himself as 'Father Costa' in order to protect a young boy who has taken sanctuary at the San Miguel Mission.

Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Diana Muldaur

Votes: 145

34. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Silence of the Lambskins (1992)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Markowitz makes another rare courtroom appearance to defend a condom manufacturer barred from distributing his American flag decorated condoms in the U.S. Meanwhile, Rollins mulls over the ... See full summary »

Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins

Votes: 29

35. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: The Green, Green Glow of Home (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

While investigating a mysterious government operation in Smallville, Clark gets his first exposure to its true goal, kryptonite.

Director: Les Landau | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 383

36. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: Lost Boys (2002)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In 1997, Jamie McMahan and Christopher Kauffman went on a crime spree of robbery, kidnapping and murder; then they disappeared. The pursuit for the two killers would take FBI agents on a chase across six states.

Director: Jeffrey Fine | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Susan Rae, Jeff Anderson

Votes: 28

37. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Bitter Potion (1997)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

The flu-like symptoms of a mother and her children proved to be indicative something much more serious: thallium poisoning. Investigators had to find the source of the poison and when the ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Monahan | Stars: Peter Thomas, John Aguero, Peggy Carr, Duane Dubberly

Votes: 116

38. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Sex, Lies and DNA (1997)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

While Earl Morris was vacationing in California, he learned his wife had disappeared from their home in Arizona. The search for Ruby Morris involved dozens of investigators and scientists, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Monahan | Stars: Bill Clayton, Rod Englert, Cindy Lilly, Sgt. Lee Luginbuhl

Votes: 122

39. Cold Case Files (1999– )
Episode: Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer (2005)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

One of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history, dubbed "The Green River Killer," confessed to murdering 71 women in the Seattle area. Dave Reichert had reopened the case after ... See full summary »

Stars: Fabienne Brooks, Michael Brown, Ted Bundy, Melvyn Foster

Votes: 37

40. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: The Man Behind the Curtain (2012)

TV-MA | 38 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As Quarles prepares to corner the oxy market in Harlan, he gets a visit from the boss' son. Meanwhile, Raylan's interest in the enterprise gets him in trouble with the FBI.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 1,416

41. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: Watching the Detectives (2012)

TV-MA | 39 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Quarles and Duffy kill Gary Hawkins and try to frame Raylan for his death, while also getting the FBI on his tail. Meanwhile, Quarles raises the stakes in his war with Boyd Crowder, and Ellstin Limehouse tries to decide whose side he's on.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 1,495

42. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Girls Gone Wild (2013)

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

A spa weekend for Sara, Finlay and Morgan turns into a murder investigation and missing persons case when Finlay disappears, as the CSI team must piece together what happened in detail to find her.

Director: Alec Smight | Stars: Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, George Eads, Jorja Fox

Votes: 430

43. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: Atlantic City and the Boardwalk Empire (2013)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

We meet the legendary figures of Atlantic City and the Boardwalk including Prohibition era kingpin Nucky Johnson who ran the area, and discover how rum running and bootlegging built an empire.

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke

44. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Paper Moon (2014)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean investigate a series of werewolf attacks in an attempt to find out who the culprit is.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Brit Sheridan, Emily Tennant

Votes: 3,731

45. Backstrom (2015)
Episode: Enemy of My Enemies (2015)

TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Backstrom and his team works with his estranged father to find a suspected eco-terrorist.

Director: Jace Alexander | Stars: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy

Votes: 265

46. Backstrom (2015)
Episode: Rock Bottom (2015)

TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Backstrom must make a decision when he suspects his father knows about a meth dealer's activities.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy

Votes: 216