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

1. Piranha 3D (2010)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.

Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames

Votes: 96,714 | Gross: $25.00M

2. The Silencing (2020)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local Sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.

Director: Robin Pront | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Caleb Ellsworth-Clark, Josh Cruddas, Annabelle Wallis

Votes: 34,367 | Gross: $0.10M

3. October Faction (2020)

TV-MA | 39 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A semi-retired couple who work for a clandestine monster hunting agency discover dark family secrets and the truth about their employer after their magically inclined nigh adult kids reawaken a witch bent on revenge.

Stars: Tamara Taylor, J.C. MacKenzie, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Gabriel Darku

Votes: 12,467

4. Swamp Thing (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Abby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, only to discover the dark, terrifying mysteries of the swamp.

Stars: Crystal Reed, Virginia Madsen, Andy Bean, Derek Mears

Votes: 27,733

5. Bitten (2014–2016)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Elena navigates her life between the human world and the werewolf world as the only female of the species.

Stars: Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Steve Lund

Votes: 19,283

6. Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012 Video)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror

A group of college students, on a trip to the Mountain Man Festival on Halloween in West Virginia, encounter a clan of cannibals.

Director: Declan O'Brien | Stars: Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson, Simon Ginty, Roxanne McKee

Votes: 22,959

7. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Venomous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions.

Director: Ellory Elkayem | Stars: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson

Votes: 60,235 | Gross: $17.32M

8. ParaNorman (2012)

PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.

Directors: Chris Butler, Sam Fell | Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Tucker Albrizzi

Votes: 109,952 | Gross: $56.00M

9. Stan Against Evil (2016–2018)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

An aging police sheriff begrudgingly joins an alliance with a new sheriff, Evie Barret, to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.

Stars: John C. McGinley, Janet Varney, Deborah Baker Jr., Nate Mooney

Votes: 6,516

10. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.

Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster, Chloe East

Votes: 24,271

11. Cold Creek Manor (2003)

R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A family relocates from the city to a dilapidated house in the country that was once a grand estate. As they begin renovations, they discover their new home harbors a secret and may not be completely free of its former inhabitant.

Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 24,740 | Gross: $21.38M

12. Wildling (2018)

R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A blossoming teenager uncovers the dark secret behind her traumatic childhood.

Director: Fritz Böhm | Stars: Bel Powley, Brad Dourif, Liv Tyler, Collin Kelly-Sordelet

Votes: 14,327

13. The Flood (I) (2023)

R | 93 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

A daring jail break during a dangerous Louisiana hurricane is interrupted by a horde of large hungry alligators.

Director: Brandon Slagle | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Nicky Whelan, Louis Mandylor, Ryan Francis

Votes: 1,583

14. The Second Time Around (1961)

Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith, Juliet Prowse

Votes: 871

15. Virgins of Sherwood Forest (2000 Video)

R | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Roberta is a low-budget movie director dealing with numerous problems on the set of her current production. When she is accidently hit on the head, she is knocked unconscious and dreams of living in Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest.

Director: Cybil Richards | Stars: Gabriella Hall, Shannan Leigh, Amber Newman, Brian Heidik

Votes: 405

16. Briarpatch (2019–2020)

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

A senator's aide unravels a complex web of lies, crimes and conspiracies when she returns to her corrupt hometown -- San Bonifacio, Texas, near the Mexican border--to investigate the death of her sister, a local cop killed by a car bomb.

Stars: Rosario Dawson, Jay R. Ferguson, Edi Gathegi, Brian Geraghty

Votes: 2,690

17. Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Black Lake is now a crocodile sanctuary, surrounded by an electric fence. When the fence is left open, a high-school bus unknowingly enters the park. It's up to Reba and the Sheriff to save the kids from becoming crocodile food.

Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Elisabeth Röhm, Yancy Butler, Paul Nicholls, Poppy Lee Friar

Votes: 3,495

18. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi

Aliens land in the town of "Speelburgh" searching for the source of rock & roll. They find trouble with Dee Dee, Frankie and the pack.

Director: James Fargo | Stars: Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Tom Nolan, Ruth Gordon

Votes: 1,572

19. Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A giant crocodile goes head to head with a giant anaconda. The town Sheriff must find a way to destroy the two monsters before they kill the whole town.

Director: A.B. Stone | Stars: Corin Nemec, Yancy Butler, Skye Lourie, Robert Englund

Votes: 3,832

20. The Laramie Project (2002 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, History

The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.

Director: Moisés Kaufman | Stars: Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Kathleen Chalfant, Laura Linney

Votes: 6,958

21. Sheriff Callie's Wild West (2013–2017)

TV-Y | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A kids' western centered on a kitty-cat sheriff whose job is to ensure that the town of Nice and Friendly Corners remains the friendliest town in the West.

Stars: Mandy Moore, Lucas Grabeel, Jessica DiCicco, Kevin Michael Richardson

Votes: 806

22. Heat Vision and Jack (1999 TV Movie)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Astronaut on the run with special powers and his talking motorcycle must deal with a malevolent artificial life form that's possessing people and turning them into dust, as well as NASA's hitman and real life actor Ron Silver.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Ron Silver, Christine Taylor

Votes: 1,780

23. Beyond Loch Ness (2008 TV Movie)

R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A rash of suspiciously gruesome murders in a sleepy lakeside town has authorities stumped. They soon realize the culprit is not only connected to the lake, but in it. They must figure out what it is and how to stop it before it's too late.

Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Brian Krause, Niall Matter, Don S. Davis, Donnelly Rhodes

Votes: 2,107

24. Unearthed (2007)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An unknown creature terrorizes an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate New Mexico town.

Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Luke Goss, Beau Garrett, Deborah Offner

Votes: 3,873

25. Petticoat Planet (1996)

R | 78 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

A man crash lands on a Western themed planet inhabited by beautiful women.

Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan, Troy Vincent, Lesli Kay, Betsy Lynn George

Votes: 572

26. I Am Lisa (2020)

92 min | Horror, Thriller

A sadistic, small-town sheriff and her underlings brutalize Lisa and leave her for dead in the woods. Bitten by a werewolf and bestowed with supernatural abilities, can Lisa retain her humanity as she exacts revenge?

Director: Patrick Rea | Stars: Kristen Vaganos, Jennifer Seward, Manon Halliburton, Carmen Anello

Votes: 1,245

27. Endangered Species (1982)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A former New York City cop relocates to rural Colorado, where he teams with a sheriff investigating a series of bizarre cattle mutilations occurring in the region.

Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton

Votes: 1,173 | Gross: $1.47M

28. Dark Moon Rising (2009)

R | 124 min | Crime, Horror, Romance

Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror that rains hell upon the small town.

Director: Dana Mennie | Stars: Max Ryan, Maria Conchita Alonso, Chris Mulkey, Chris Divecchio

Votes: 795

29. A Place Called Truth (1998)

R | 94 min | Drama

Love, pride and jealousy are aroused when a ranch owner's daughter, called Lizzie, has an affair with a cowboy. Meanwhile a mysterious woman seduces the various lovers of Lizzie, who has fled to New Orleans to escape her arranged marriage.

Director: Rafael Eisenman | Stars: Audie England, Chris Browning, Brion James, Jacqueline Lovell

Votes: 256

30. Black Swarm (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

The widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey Kozik. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a ... See full summary »

Director: David Winning | Stars: Sebastien Roberts, Sarah Allen, Jayne Heitmeyer, Rebecca Windheim

Votes: 1,022

31. Follow the Prophet (2009)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

A young girl escaping from a Polygamist cult is aided by an Army Colonel and a renegade female sheriff who join forces to expose the truth that lies hidden in a town in Utah.

Director: Drew Ann Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Chimento, Diane Venora, Annie B. Compton, John Diehl

Votes: 795

32. Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

When two people have disappeared, the mysterious Tarantula is suspected.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Michelle Bauer, Linnea Quigley, Amber Newman

Votes: 293

33. Thrill of the Kill (2006 TV Movie)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Brilliant New York crime author Graydon Jennings agrees to help Kelly Holden investigate her sister Allison's murder, which seems uncannily equal to one his anti-hero-lead character Carlton... See full summary »

Director: Richard Roy | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Chris Potter, Paul Hopkins, James Kidnie

Votes: 449

34. Razortooth (2007 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The concept is based on a true story concerning an exotic species of eels that are released in the southeast from Asia. They breathe air and can survive on land.

Director: Patricia Harrington | Stars: Douglas Swander, Kathleen LaGue, Simon Page, Tim Colceri

Votes: 956

35. Black Point (2002)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In an Alaskan fishing town, a local crime boss suspects a local fisherman knows where his stolen money is, but this fisherman is no regular Joe.

Director: David Mackay | Stars: David Caruso, Susan Haskell, Thomas Ian Griffith, Gordon Tootoosis

Votes: 630

36. Person of Interest (2007)

97 min | Thriller

Three professional women have disappeared from a small New England town in a period of just 18 months. Sheriff Nickie Welles, who has learned that state budget cutbacks will soon eliminate ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Ward | Stars: Elise Rovinsky, Cuyle Carvin, Julie Bell, Donna Carney

Votes: 73

37. Inferno (I) (2002)

PG | 91 min | Action, Drama

A fire chief (Gunn) is investigating the cause of a string of blazes that threaten to destroy her small town, while at the same time dealing with her teen daughter's rebelliousness.

Director: Dusty Nelson | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Janet Gunn, Richard Danielson, Greta Danielle Newgren

Votes: 307

38. Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage (2001)

Not Rated | 75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Witness the return of Baltimore's greatest alien terror in this monstrous saga. Watch in horror as alien space specimens escape to pillage the countryside, leaving pandemonium in their wake!

Director: Don Dohler | Stars: Donna Sherman, Patrick Bussink, Jonas Grey, Jaime Kalman

Votes: 202

39. Go West, Young Lady (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Music

Federal Marshall Tex Miller, and his girl-friend Belinda Pendergast are having problems with the masked bandit 'Pecos Pete.'

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Glenn Ford, Ann Miller, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 397

40. Black Knuckle and Deputy Maltese (2018)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Action, Adventure

In the western town of Coal Ridge, a deputy keeps his love a secret until the outlaw who stole his heart is taken hostage.

Director: Jason Phillips | Stars: Lane Compton, Gabriel Sousa, Kym Wilson, Bernadette Pérez

Votes: 125

41. Alice's Wild West Show (1924)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Alice and her friends put on a show. After a brief overture, act one: A saloon; Alice enters, and shoots down two bad guys. Tubby O'Brien and his gang then enter the audience; Alice's cast ... See full summary »

Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Virginia Davis, Tommy Hicks

Votes: 311

42. Two Tough Tenderfeet (1918)

Passed | Short, Comedy, Western

The adventures of two men land them in the desert, where they successfully escape lions, wild men, jack rabbits and other fierce creatures, and reach a frontier settlement which is so tough... See full summary »

Directors: Hampton Del Ruth, F. Richard Jones | Stars: Ben Turpin, Heinie Conklin, Polly Moran, Laura La Varnie

43. Track of the Outlaw! (2000 Video)

97 min | Adventure, Western

A beautiful deputy sheriff tries to capture a murderous bank robber on her own, but the outlaw gets the drop on the raven-haired heroine, and forces the raven-haired beauty to submit to a series of tight bondages.

Directors: Juliet Heart, David Knight | Stars: Sinja Wells, David Knight

44. This Is the Police II (2018 Video Game)

M | Crime, Drama

Grim adventure/strategy game about Jack Boyd, a disgraced ex police chief who teams up with the new idealistic female sheriff of a small snowy town where he's hiding to fix everything - only to end up on an even darker path than before.

Director: Ilya Yanovich | Stars: Jon St. John, Sarah Hamilton, Michele Benzin, Peter Palmisano

Votes: 51

45. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: The Little Town with an Accent (1986)

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

Goons from Octiline Oil threaten gas station owner Zach's life unless he sells it to them, so he hires the A-Team. The car mechanics are right up B.A.'s alley, including training Zach's ... See full summary »

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T

Votes: 250

46. The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
Episode: A Man's Game (1961)

30 min | Drama

In a semi-comedic tale of frontier times, a woman named "Chris Mathews" is sworn in as a pro tempore sheriff, but she decides she'll run for the office in an upcoming election. The men of ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Drake, Edgar Buchanan, Clinton Sundberg

Votes: 29

47. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: Dakota Showdown (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Bat rides to the assistance of his friend, a sheriff, but arrives after the Dakota boys gun him down. The president of the town council asks Bat to step into the office, but Bat decides the job should go to another person.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Gene Barry, James Best, Kasey Rogers, James Seay

Votes: 37

48. Cowboy G-Men (1952– )
Episode: The Woman Mayor (1953)

30 min | Western

Pat and Stoney are ordered to Nugget City to tear down a toll-gate on federal land. They are opposed by a woman mayor who uses the gate to keep out riff-raff and raise money for growing town's needs.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan, Morris Ankrum, Jean Parker

49. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Kate Melville and the Law (1965)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

A new judge and a recently-appointed woman sheriff have conflict over the concepts of judicial fairness versus frontier justice.

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Gloria Talbott, Richard Anderson, Dick Foran, Gregg Palmer

Votes: 36

50. The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955)
Episode: Battle Axe (1954)

30 min | Western

After a series of robberies, the town sheriff is forced to resign. He's replaced by a headstrong woman who falls for a smooth-talking confidence man who is actually the leader of the gang.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Mira McKinney, Rick Vallin

Votes: 13