Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "crime-reporter"

1. Tokyo Vice (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.

Stars: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu

Votes: 45,277

2. Sharp Objects (2018)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.

Stars: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen

Votes: 119,038

3. 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: 247,359 | Gross: $56.12M

4. Manhattan Night (2016)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A reporter becomes involved with a mysterious woman while investigating her late husband's death.

Director: Brian DeCubellis | Stars: Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals

Votes: 13,769

5. Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Crime, Mystery

When a magic act turns out to be murder, Tess Harper is on the case to find the real killer.

Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, John Kapelos, Barbara Niven

Votes: 1,218

6. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 4,080

7. Extreme Justice (1993)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A rogue cop joins an elite L.A.P.D. unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad, but soon begins to question their methods.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 1,389

8. The Murder Man (1935)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 1,283

9. The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Perry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, Claire Dodd

Votes: 1,169

10. The Unguarded Moment (1956)

Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect.

Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon, Edward Andrews

Votes: 494

11. When the Sky Falls (2000)

R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police ... See full summary »

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally

Votes: 782

12. Love Is a Racket (1932)

Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue beholden to a penthouse gangster.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, Lee Tracy

Votes: 566

13. London by Night (1937)

Passed | 69 min | Mystery, Romance

A newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding murderer who is terrorizing London.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Virginia Field, Leo G. Carroll

Votes: 349

14. A Fuller Life (2013)

80 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs.

Director: Samantha Fuller | Stars: James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Bill Duke, James Toback

Votes: 324

15. The Guilty Generation (1931)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Romeo and Juliet love story between the son of a brutal Italian bootlegger and the daughter of his bitter ex-partner, who is engaged in a blood feud with his one-time friend.

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings, Robert Young, Boris Karloff

Votes: 295

16. Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Henry (James Lydon) gets into another jam when he becomes the editor of the Centerville Hish School newspaper. The Fire Chief suspects him when he covers fires.

Director: Hugh Bennett | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney

Votes: 159

17. Death Happen (2009)

76 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A crime reporter working for a Bangkok newspaper (Susira Angelina Naenna) teams up with a cop (Jason Young) to investigate a series of strange supernatural events that seems to be somehow ... See full summary »

Director: Taklaew Rueangrat | Stars: Sakda Kaewbuadee, Yodchai Meksuwan, Susira Angelina Naenna, Jason Young

Votes: 74

18. Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes (2011 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew is arrested after being framed for arson, so Nancy's friends search for evidence to help clear her name.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Laura Hanson, Gene Thorkildsen, Meaghan Halverson

Votes: 60

19. The Perfect Set-Up (1936)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama

The City of New York Police Captain Detectives Hewitt tells the story of Alan Saunders, one of the most unusual criminals of our time, in "A Crime Does Not Pay Subject" short.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Helene Chadwick, Robert Dudley, William Gould, Mahlon Hamilton

Votes: 105

20. The Woman Who Buys the Local Newspaper (2016 TV Movie)

108 min | Crime, Mystery

Ryuji becomes suspicious when Yoshiko subscribes to a local newspaper which is serializing his novel and then suddenly cancels her subscription saying the novel has become boring. He investigates and finds a connection to a double suicide.

Director: Meiji Fujita | Stars: Asami Mizukawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Masakazu Tamura, Isao Hashizume

Votes: 23

21. Lal Sobuj (2005)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A story of unveiling the truth of a disguised serial killer.

Director: Shahidul Islam Khokon | Stars: Mahfuz Ahmed, Shimla, Selim Haider, Shamima Islam Tusty

Votes: 65

22. Alibi Racket (1935)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Crime, Drama

How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Granville Bates, Al Bridge, Eddie Dunn, Irene Hervey

Votes: 135

23. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Gloating Place (1986)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Horrifying fate awaits an unpopular, gawky teen girl who feigns an assault in order to appear on the news with her favorite showy crime reporter.

Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen Macht, Isabelle Walker, Cindy Pickett

Votes: 112

24. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Internal Affair (2006)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

When a woman went missing, friends and family were determined to find her. Their worst fears were confirmed weeks later when her body was discovered. Blood evidence and computer forensics ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Jeff Baird, Nancy Bartley, Valerie Bittner

Votes: 78

25. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Zoe's Reprise (2009)

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

A copycat serial killer is recreating murder techniques used by famous killers from the past.

Director: Charles S. Carroll | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,093

26. Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode: The Red Dahlia: Part 1 (2010)

47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The discovery of the mutilated body of a young woman seems to echo that of the notorious unsolved Los Angeles 'Black Dahlia' murder of the 1940s.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones

Votes: 756

27. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Buffalo Shuffle (2011)

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

Ignoring a puzzling break-in at Station 4, Murdoch travels to Buffalo to help Dr. Ogden solve the suspicious death of a young cancer patient at a children's hospital.

Director: Yannick Bisson | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 333

28. Urban Legends (2007–2011)
Episode: Expect the Unexpected (2011)

PG-13 | 24 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A Mexican reporter uncovers a secret; a German financial advisor goes on ride.

Stars: Michael Allcock, Juan Alonso, Ramses Bissada, Danny Bruzzi

Votes: 6

29. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Good as Gold (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa, California home. The killer was not seen by their downstairs roommate, but he left his DNA ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Arlene Allen, Mark Boessenecker, Eric Copple

Votes: 77

30. Cold Blood (2008–2012)
Episode: Park Slope Justice (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

A murderous attack in Park Slope, Brooklyn, leaves Sylvia Lugo dead and her girlfriend, Amanda Leach, raped and shot in the leg. Police struggle to pin down an assailant without any hard ... See full summary »

Director: P.J. Naworynski | Stars: Perry Norton, Ese Atawo, Frederick Whittaker-Dus, Paul Coombs

31. Scream: The TV Series (2015–2019)
Episode: Hello, Emma. (2015)

TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Another teenager's death raises questions, causing yet another rift between Emma and Audrey; Piper, a provocative podcaster comes to Lakewood to report on the town's murders.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna, Amadeus Serafini

Votes: 1,828