Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "handwriting-expert"

1. Donnie Darko (2001)

R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne

Votes: 849,631 | Gross: $1.48M

2. J. Edgar (2011)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 133,598 | Gross: $37.31M

3. Conflict (1945)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart

Votes: 4,599

4. An Officer and a Spy (2019)

132 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Louis Garrel, Christophe Maratier, Pierre Poirot, Stéfan Godin

Votes: 21,075

5. Murder at 1600 (1997)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young woman is murdered in the White House. Homicide detective Regis investigates while Secret Service works against him. He's assigned agent Chance. She eventually cooperates after a man's framed.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller

Votes: 32,895 | Gross: $25.83M

6. Poison Pen (1939)

66 min | Drama

A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters".

Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd, Belle Chrystall

Votes: 244

7. The FBI Story (1959)

Approved | 149 min | Crime, Drama, History

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell

Votes: 3,877

8. The Ripper (1997 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Thriller

In 1888, in London, a prostitute is slaughtered on the street. The Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Jim Hansen is in charge of the investigation and realizes that the killer is a person with ... See full summary »

Director: Janet Meyers | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Gabrielle Anwar, Samuel West, Michael York

Votes: 637

9. Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

After Hildegarde proves that the accidental riding death on a Central Park bridle path is really murder, she's faced with a plethora of red herrings and a real killer.

Directors: William Hamilton, Edward Killy | Stars: James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer, Owen Davis Jr.

Votes: 528

10. Murder by Rope (1936)

64 min | Drama, Mystery

Scotland Yard sends a handwriting expert to a country house full of people with guilty secrets in order to solve a murder.

Director: George Pearson | Stars: D.A. Clarke-Smith, Sunday Wilshin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Dorothy Hamilton

Votes: 25

11. Vic Reeves Investigates... Jack the Ripper (2007 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary, Crime, History

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Stars: Vic Reeves, Laura Burke, Mark Burke, Keith Charles

Votes: 16

12. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: The Saint (2004)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The detectives try to determine why a social worker was killed with a lye bomb, and whether it has anything to do with a Catholic saint.

Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 378

13. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Off the Wall (1991)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Dempsey & Magruta: Law Offices - someone picks their way in there, does some vandalism and goes through the drawers and file cabinets until he finds the file he's looking for. MacGyver pays... See full summary »

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Richard Coca, Kathleen Freeman

Votes: 236

14. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Merchant seaman Harry Fothergill arrives in the U.S. with his mate Dickie to visit Dickie's brother and his family. Broke Dickie creates a will leaving a small fortune to Harry and his niece. When Dickie is murdered, Harry is charged.

Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 261

15. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: A Shot and a Shave (2009)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

A customer consigns some Antarctica memorabilia. Ironically Rick restores a barber chair.

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Rick Dale, Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison

Votes: 84

16. MysteryQuest (2009– )
Episode: Jack the Ripper (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

MysteryQuest investigates the Jack the Ripper murders. One of the world's most notorious serial killers stalked the streets of London for three months killing at least five women before ... See full summary »

Stars: Stan Bernard, Donald Rumbelow, Stewart Evans, Brent Turvey

Votes: 28

17. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Moon Walking (2010)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

A musket from the civil war looks too good to be true. A flag from Apollo 16 also merits verification. Rick meets his match with an old woman who's ready to haggle.

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Austin 'Chumlee' Russell

Votes: 60

18. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Water Logged (2011)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

The bodies of a woman and her two daughters are found floating in Tampa Bay, Florida. Police discover a handwritten note in their car and hope it will solve the triple murder.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Joan Rogers, Michelle Rogers, Christe Rogers

Votes: 132

19. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Catch 22 (2007)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

A Wal-Mart shoe clerk is gunned down in her driveway with a 22-caliber weapon. Police suspect first her husband, then a coworker and spurned would-be lover half her age.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Merit Lajoie, Paul Lombardo, Virginia Maxwell

Votes: 90

20. Fake or Fortune (2010– )
Episode: Modigliani (2022)

Documentary, Mystery

Henrietta Sitwell inherited a sketch of a mother and child she believed to be by the 20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani, but she has also been told it might not be genuine. Can the team find some answers?

Stars: Fiona Bruce, Philip Mould

Votes: 16

21. Expert Witness (2021– )
Episode: Mystery of the Playground Shooter and Signature of a Killer (2022)

29 min | Documentary, Crime

After a child is mysteriously shot, a ballistics expert helps find who fired the gun and from where. When the body of a woman is found in a river, a handwriting analyst helps solve the crime.

Directors: Liza Chambers, Angus Gibson, Lee Salisbury | Star: Ashley John-Baptiste