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1. He Walked by Night (1948)

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

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.

Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell

Votes: 6,720

2. Fear in the Night (1946)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.

Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Kay Scott, Ann Doran

Votes: 1,811

3. Mommy's Secret (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Thriller

When a teenage girl discovers her own mother is behind the recent rash of nearby bank robberies, she's determined to help her come clean.

Director: Terrance Miles | Stars: Charisma Carpenter, Sarah Grey, Amos Mitchell, Stephi Chin-Salvo

Votes: 448

4. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Die Beute (1982)

59 min | Crime, Drama

The prey.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Christiane Krüger

Votes: 35

5. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Nachtmusik (1978)

59 min | Crime, Drama

The Kerner family has an evening with guests in their house.Their son Arno takes the keys off the pockets of the coats and with his girlfriend visits the house of a guest.But a man appears in the dark and Arno hits him with a pepper-mill.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Henning Schlüter

Votes: 40

6. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Abitur (1978)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Robert Becker's father wants his son to continue the family legacy and take up the practice after him. But first Robert must pass the abitur, and his father has got him a mentor.

Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Peter Dirschauer

Votes: 93

7. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Am Abgrund (1981)

59 min | Crime, Drama

A call-girl is found stabbed to death, and an eye witness' testimony leads Derrick to speak to an alcoholistic, retired teacher.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Klaus Behrendt

Votes: 77

8. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Angriff aus dem Dunkel (1984)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Ute Reiner's friend Conny is hit by a car. She is seriously injured, and declared dead on arrival at the hospital.

Director: Jürgen Goslar | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Birgit Doll

Votes: 67

9. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Richter (1984)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Martin Richter calls his son and plans a meeting with him. It's about life and death. Sure enough, Martin is shot soon after they meet.

Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Klaus Behrendt

Votes: 64

10. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Ein Hinterhalt (1978)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Dr. Marta Schwenn's car is involved in an accident and the driver dies. The victim, however, is a young man who borrowed the car.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Claus Richt, Ruth Leuwerik

Votes: 89

11. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Eine Nacht im Oktober (1977)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Housemaid Rosy Kramer is found dead near her employer's house. Derrick comes to know that she has been in a nearby disco with her boyfriend, then accepted a car ride from an unknown man.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Bernhard Wicki, Traugott Buhre

Votes: 92

12. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Keine schöne Fahrt nach Rom (1984)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Sabine and Martin are going to have a trip to Rome. They decide take a lift on a freight truck, but the outcome is far from desirable.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Wolfgang Müller

Votes: 71

13. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Tod am Bahngleis (1975)

56 min | Crime, Drama

Three dead women have been dumped on the same railroad section during a short period of time.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Peter Kuiper, Mascha Gonska

Votes: 111

14. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Tod eines Italieners (1981)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Derrick and Klein go to a new Italian restaurant. The employees seem somewhat troubled, and Derrick has a hunch there are problems coming up.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Karin Baal

Votes: 73

15. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: William Conrad and Peggy Lee (1973)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights of this edition with guests Peggy Lee and William Conrad include: spoofs of such TV shows as "The Golddiggers", "Maude", "Sonny & Cher" and "Password"; and Roger gets mugged in "Carol and Sis".

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 62

16. Dead Silent (2016–2021)
Episode: His Blue Light (2021)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

In the mid-to-late 1990s, a sexual predator police dub "The Blue Light Rapist" goes on a serial attack spree across Arkansas. As authorities scramble to stop him in his tracks, he sets his sights on seventeen-year-old Shannon Woods.

Director: Jacob Vaughan | Stars: Kelsey Rose Healey, Andy Gion, Shayna Benardo, Tom Clark

Votes: 15

17. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Sous influence (2008)

Crime, Thriller

A little girl Léa has been kidnapped in the street, somebody shoved the mother who falls and her head shocked with the sidewalk.Léa ,who 6 years old wears a blue jeans , a red sweater and ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Leix-Cote | Stars: Charles Schneider, Valérie Bagnou-Beido, Raphaëlle Lubansu, Jalil Naciri

18. The Bridge (2011–2018)
Episode: Avsnitt 5 (2011)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

The murderer has groomed a number of schizophrenics to commit carefully synchronized violent crimes on the same day in Malmo and Copenhagen.

Director: Lisa Siwe | Stars: Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg, Ellen Hillingsø

Votes: 1,150

19. Myth of the Zodiac Killer (2023)
Episode: Breaking The Mythology (2023)

TV-14 | 70 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

The hoax theory is put to the test when two computational linguistic experts study the 32 Zodiac letters; filmmaker Andrew Nock meets a witness for her first on-camera interview after years of fear that "The Zodiac" would hunt her down.

Director: Andrew Nock | Stars: Paul Avery, Drew Beeson, Michael Butterfield, Florian Cafiero

Votes: 24

20. BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016–2021)
Episode: The Terrifying Axe Man of New Orleans (2017)

TV-MA | 21 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime

Ryan and Shane explore one of the bloodiest chapters in New Orleans history.

Director: Ryan Bergara | Stars: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej

Votes: 100