Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fake-accident"

1. Used Cars (1980)

R | 113 min | Comedy

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae

Votes: 16,792

2. Diner (1982)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern

Votes: 22,849 | Gross: $14.10M

3. The Conformist (1970)

R | 113 min | Drama

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio

Votes: 33,747 | Gross: $0.54M

4. Zoom (2006)

PG | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Former superhero Jack is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into superheroes at a private academy.

Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin

Votes: 22,838 | Gross: $11.63M

5. Slackers (2002)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

When geeky Ethan discovers three fellow students scamming the examination system, he blackmails them to win over the college's most popular girl.

Director: Dewey Nicks | Stars: Devon Sawa, Robert B. Martin Jr., Jason Segel, Michael C. Maronna

Votes: 15,246 | Gross: $4.81M

6. Bloody Birthday (1981)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.

Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny

Votes: 5,684

7. Summer Magic (1963)

Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country.

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Dorothy McGuire, Burl Ives, Deborah Walley

Votes: 2,731

8. A Day at the Races (1937)

Passed | 111 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones

Votes: 14,590

9. She Played with Fire (1957)

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

An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.

Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Violet Farebrother

Votes: 866

10. Three Men to Kill (1980)

93 min | Thriller

A man is pursued by killers after helping someone at a car crash.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michel Auclair, Pascale Roberts

Votes: 2,028

11. Eskimo Nell (1975)

85 min | Comedy

Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear

Votes: 434

12. Undertaking Betty (2002)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A woman, whose husband is cheating on her, and an undertaker, who has been in love with her since their childhood, decide to fake her death so they can be together.

Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, Naomi Watts

Votes: 5,127

13. Hitman: Blood Money (2006 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Mystery

A larger, more powerful agency is systematically eliminating assassins in a series of hits, who are all from Agent 47's contract killing firm, The International Contract Agency (ICA).

Director: Rasmus Højengaard | Stars: David Andriole, David Bateson, Barbara Bernád, Brian Beacock

Votes: 5,894

14. L'inhumaine (1924)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Philippe Hériat, Fred Kellerman

Votes: 1,042

15. Hands Over the City (1963)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale

Votes: 3,290

16. Lyubi ikh vsekh (2019)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

She always has a plan. For each one. Each has its own name. One needs Faith. To another - Hope. And Love to almost everyone. She has a special approach to each of the men. But they always ... See full summary »

Director: Mariya Agranovich | Stars: Alyona Mikhaylova, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Sergey Garmash, Aleksandra Kiseleva

Votes: 294

17. Lady Killer (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay, Leslie Fenton

Votes: 1,888

18. Harmful Insect (2001)

92 min | Drama

Following the divorce of her parents, her mother's suicide attempt, and the rumors of an affair with her teacher, a lonely 7th grader starts skipping school in an attempt to find herself.

Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Seiichi Tanabe, Tetsu Sawaki, Ryô Amamiya

Votes: 952

19. Scherzi a parte (1992– )

150 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Candid camera show.

Stars: Claudio Amendola, Manuela Arcuri, Teo Teocoli, Gene Gnocchi

Votes: 107

20. A Tale of Sorrow (1977)

93 min | Drama

A female golfer who has exceeded expectations to reach the top not only has to contend with being in-demand, but also with the men in her life, her neigbours, her brother and not to mention a stalker.

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kuniko Ashihara, Kyôko Enami, Chieko Harada, Yoshio Harada

Votes: 296

21. Ceiling Zero (1936)

Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to... See full summary »

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 785

22. Charleston (1977)

PG | 113 min | Comedy

Con-man tries to pull a fast one on what appears to be an easy prey, but his "victim" scams him for five million dollars!

Director: Marcello Fondato | Stars: Bud Spencer, Herbert Lom, Jack La Cayenne, Dino Emanuelli

Votes: 1,101

23. Corps à corps (2003)

101 min | Thriller

Laura Bartelli is a stripper in a French bar. She retires after a moody landscape architect named Marco Tisserand asks her to abandon her life and share his. However, after her red ... See full summary »

Director: François Hanss | Stars: Thibault Seitz, Maurice Lamy, Emmanuelle Seigner, Vittoria Scognamiglio

Votes: 791

24. Where Truth Lies (1996)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Driven to drink by his wife's death, a tormented doctor is committed to an experimental rehab.

Director: William H. Molina | Stars: John Savage, Kim Cattrall, Malcolm McDowell, Candice Daly

Votes: 316

25. The Depraved (1957)

Not Rated | 71 min | Crime

U.S. Army captain stationed in England has an affair with a local married woman. Together they hatch a plan to kill her husband.

Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Anne Heywood, Robert Arden, Carroll Levis, Basil Dignam

Votes: 110

26. Kaasua, komisario Palmu! (1961)

99 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A rich widow is found dead of gas poisoning in her flat in Helsinki. First the death is thought to be an accident, but lieutenant Palmu notices that the murderer has made a mistake, and ... See full summary »

Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Elina Salo

Votes: 1,671

27. Bodyhold (1949)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tommy Jones, a well-built plumber, is invited to join a troupe of professional wrestlers, but is surprised to learn that the sport of exhibition wrestling is not on the up-and-up.

Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Willard Parker, Lola Albright, Hillary Brooke, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 38

28. The Last Round-up (1947)

Approved | 77 min | Western

Gene is assigned to round up a tribe of Indians squatting on barren land.

Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Jean Heather, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 120

29. Retour de manivelle (1957)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama

An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man but gets caught in a murder-for-life-insurance-money scheme.

Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier, François Chaumette

Votes: 262

30. O.S.S. 117 n'est pas mort (1957)

80 min | Crime, Drama

Who,in Mr Lead 's house, helps the villains get the stuff? Mr Lead himself? his wife? his daughter? his secretary?his servant?.

Director: Jean Sacha | Stars: Ivan Desny, Magali Noël, Yves Vincent, Danik Patisson

Votes: 80

31. An Unknown Friend (1978)

90 min | Crime, Thriller

The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruna and Karen make sure that it pays off.

Director: Lars G. Thelestam | Stars: Kate O'Mara, Bruno O'Ya, Åke Lindman, Anne Marie Pohtamo

Votes: 110

32. Box Elder (2008)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy

Box elder bugs are loud, scary looking, and dependent on group swarming. Yet, they're also completely harmless and extremely passive aggressive. Using this metaphor to address a generation ... See full summary »

Director: Todd Sklar | Stars: Hina Abdullah, Kyle Ayers, Andy Cohen, David Crespy

Votes: 322 | Gross: $0.05M

33. La chatte sort ses griffes (1960)

102 min | Drama, War

In 1944, former French Resistance agent Cora is employed by German Intelligence after being subjected to mind control experiments.

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, Horst Frank, François Guérin, Harold Kay

Votes: 71

34. Easy Money (1936)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean up a gang of fake-accident racketeers. He gets a job with an insurance company, and ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker, Noel Madison, Allen Vincent

Votes: 93

35. Emergency Call (1933)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An expose of the racketeering "accident victims" who extort millions of dollars annually from American automobile owners, insurance companies and property owners by staging fake accident ... See full summary »

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, George E. Stone

Votes: 194

36. Hän varasti elämän (1962)

105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A government official decides to steal a $25-million markka payroll (=$78,000 USD) and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves ... See full summary »

Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Risto Mäkelä, Rauha Rentola, Rose-Marie Precht, Åke Lindman

Votes: 163

37. Treat 'Em Rough (1942)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When his father is accused of graft, a former boxer returns home to clear his name.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Eddie Albert, Peggy Moran, William Frawley, Lloyd Corrigan

Votes: 23

38. Trampa mortal (1963)

77 min

Raúl, an ex-convict, and Clara, a showgirl, form a couple trying to lead a normal life. He has gotten a job and she wants to quit the cabaret. One day, an old boss who wants to disappear ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Santillán | Stars: Marta Padovan, Katia Loritz, Ismael Merlo, Víctor Valverde

Votes: 25

39. Hot Water (1937)

Approved | 55 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

The Jones family is into politics with father running for mayor. His son prints a newspaper which causes controversy by quoting his dad regarding his crooked opponent.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason

Votes: 35

40. The Lone Defender (1934)

Drama, Mystery, Romance

Feature version of the same-titled 1930 serial, with re-shot and added material.

Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Walter Miller, June Marlowe, Buzz Barton

Votes: 16

41. Nebenwirkungen (2007 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama, Thriller

Dr. Claudia Keller, project manager at Swiss pharmaceutical giant Beyler, discovers deadly side effects of a new diet pill. The management wants to silence her, but she investigates further with the help of her ex-husband.

Director: Manuel Siebenmann | Stars: Sabine Timoteo, Michael Neuenschwander, Roeland Wiesnekker, Hanspeter Müller

Votes: 32

42. Sympathy (1929)

10 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Hobart Cavanaugh, Regina Wallace, Harry Shannon, Wynne Gibson

Votes: 19

43. Broken Barriers (1928)

When a mayoral candidate finds out that he will be exposed in a newspaper article, he goes to the political boss who put him up for the job and says he wants to quit. Enraged, the boss ... See full summary »

Director: Burton L. King | Stars: Helene Costello, Gaston Glass, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Beal

44. Requiem (I) (1986)

45 min | Drama

One year after their father has died mysteriously at the Wadden Sea, two brothers visit the same place where their father died. Hidden feelings about each other come to the foreground.

Director: Sjef Lagro | Stars: Johan Leysen, Tom Jansen, Peter De Wijn, Stefan de Koning

Votes: 23

45. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby (1956)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

An antique dealer comes up with a clever way to raise money to pay off a loan. But things won't be as easy for him the second time around...or will they?

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert H. Harris, Meg Mundy, Gage Clarke

Votes: 851

46. Alias (2001–2006)
Episode: The Awful Truth (2005)

TV-14 | 39 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Sydney must seduce Martin Bishop, a murderous arms dealer in order to track down a stolen NSA code-breaker. Meanwhile, Vaughn fears for Weiss's life, and Sydney and Jack argue with each ... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Trilling | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 404

47. King of Diamonds (1961–1962)
Episode: The Wizard of Ice (1961)

30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A beautiful blonde plays off one member of a gang of diamond thieves against another in an attempt to steal two million dollars in gems for herself.

Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ray Hamilton, Lola Albright, Bert Freed

Votes: 12

48. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode: Deal Me Out (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Radar hits a local with a jeep and a GI suffers from battle fatigue while Pierce and McIntyre clash with Frank Burns and the CID all during a poker game disguised as an officer's conference.

Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit

Votes: 838

49. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: The Widow (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission ... See full summary »

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris

Votes: 322

50. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The Great Sanford Siege (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The Sanfords haven't been paying their bills and now find themselves trapped in their home in a standoff with a process server and a collection agency ready to repossess their unpaid furniture.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Dick Van Patten, Patrick Campbell

Votes: 191