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1. Upload (2020– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After his premature death, a man's consciousness is uploaded into a virtual world. As he gets comfortable with his surroundings, questions about his death arise.
Stars: Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson
Votes: 80,631
2. As Luck Would Have It (2023– )
Mystery
A three-part movie series in which a retired professor turned amateur sleuth uses her background in criminology to help solve murders.
Stars: Jackée Harry, Mea Wilkerson, Doug Rogers, Ricco Ross
Votes: 115
3. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Mystery
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Adler, Lynn Cohen
Votes: 46,938 | Gross: $11.29M
4. To Catch a Spy (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | Mystery
When the newly renovated Hotel Optima in Malta has a grand reopening, Chloe and her team from Destination Traveler Magazine, head over to cover the travel scene in Malta and sees someone fall to their death, right past her hotel window.
Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Nathalie Kelley, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Davy Eduard King
Votes: 1,131
5. Escape in the Fog (1945)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Film-Noir, Mystery
During WW2, an army nurse on R&R in San Francisco has a premonition about witnessing a murder attempt against a G-man by Nazi agents.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright, Konstantin Shayne
Votes: 1,150
6. Chamber of Horrors (1940)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.
Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer, Romilly Lunge, Gina Malo
Votes: 718
7. Dear Prudence (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Prudence McCoy is the host of a successful helpful hints TV show, who discovers a hidden talent for crime solving.
Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Jane Seymour, Jamey Sheridan, Ryan Cartwright, Tantoo Cardinal
Votes: 390
8. By the Law (1926)
80 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A five-person team of gold prospectors in the Yukon has just begun to enjoy great success when one of the members snaps, and suddenly kills two of the others. The two survivors, a husband ... See full summary »
Director: Lev Kuleshov | Stars: Aleksandra Khokhlova, Sergey Komarov, Vladimir Fogel, Pyotr Galadzhev
Votes: 1,233
9. Fast and Furious (1939)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Rare book dealers Joel and Garda take a summertime jaunt to the seashore where he becomes involved in a beauty pageant as investor and judge - much to her chagrin.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey, Lee Bowman
Votes: 878
10. Hollyweird (1998 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Unsold TV pilot about three young ambitious true crime documentary filmmakers (an Ohio couple and their L.A. friend) recording their amateur sleuth attempts to solve grisly murders in Hollywood for their rising TV show 'Hollyweird.'
Director: Jefery Levy | Stars: Fab Filippo, Melissa George, Bodhi Elfman, Ivar Brogger
Votes: 52
11. La princesse du Nil (1999– )
26 min | Animation
Historical fiction series series in the 13th century BCE. The protagonist is Neteb, Princess of Egypt. She is depicted as the younger sister of Queen Nefertari and the sister-in-law of ... See full summary »
Stars: Guillaume Orsat, Gilbert Lévy, Mathieu Buscatto, Olivier Jankovic
Votes: 32
12.
The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
Episode:
The White Rabbit
(1959)
25 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The invisible man becomes involved in an investigation after a woman in France reports seeing a white rabbit magically appears in a field.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Marla Landi, Austin Trevor, Paul Daneman, Arnold Marlé
Votes: 31
13.
Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode:
Nobody Does It Better
(1983)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When computer software is being stolen from Deltron Micronics, Michael is convinced it's an inside job. He and Kitt starts tailing the main suspect, Julian Groves, who is also being ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson, Gail Edwards
Votes: 314
14.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
The Devil You Say
(1973)
TV-PG | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McMillian has to track down a satanic cult that has taken a deadly Interest in Sally.
Director: Alex March | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker
Votes: 123
15.
McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode:
The Man Without a Face
(1974)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the series' first two-hour episode, Mac is called back to his previous career in CIA intelligence when an agent is found fatally poisoned in a hotel room. Before dying, the agent had ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker
Votes: 104
16.
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)
Episode:
Mystery Mask Mix-Up
(1970)
TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Two zombies want the golden mask Daphne has just bought from a Chinese curio shop.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Nicole Jaffe, Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Heather North
Votes: 568
17.
As Luck Would Have It (2023– )
Episode:
Old Flames, New Fires
(2023)
Mystery
When her father Michael becomes a person of interest in a murder, Detective Lisa Luck must do whatever she can to clear his name, including getting help from her mother Gabbi.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Jackée Harry, Mea Wilkerson, Doug Rogers, Ricco Ross
Votes: 35
18.
As Luck Would Have It (2023– )
Episode:
Murder for Sale
(2023)
Mystery
An estate broker is found dead in the back yard of Gabbi's good friend Kimberly leading to another investigation for Gabbi.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Jackée Harry, Mea Wilkerson, Doug Rogers, Ricco Ross
Votes: 37