Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "holding-a-knife-at-someone's-throat"

1. The Waterboy (1998)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Sport

A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk

Votes: 178,307 | Gross: $161.49M

2. Kiss the Girls (1997)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur

Votes: 81,181 | Gross: $60.53M

3. Nightwatch (1994)

R | 107 min | Thriller

A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.

Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen

Votes: 17,860

4. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.

Director: Robert Longo | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer, Ice-T

Votes: 76,161 | Gross: $19.08M

5. Marshall (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 26,802 | Gross: $10.05M

6. Caravaggio (1986)

93 min | Biography, Drama, History

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Noam Almaz, Dexter Fletcher, Nigel Terry, Sean Bean

Votes: 7,021 | Gross: $0.00M

7. Matador (1986)

NC-17 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Eva Cobo

Votes: 12,948 | Gross: $0.21M

8. The Caller (1987)

R | 97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Madolyn Smith Osborne

Votes: 1,643

9. Lilies (1996)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

When a bishop comes to a prison to hear the confession of an old friend he is forced to watch a play, performed by the inmates, about their youth together, love and betrayal.

Director: John Greyson | Stars: Ian D. Clark, Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux

Votes: 2,843 | Gross: $0.22M

10. Blind Woman's Curse (1970)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror

The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.

Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka

Votes: 1,635

11. The One You Feed (2020)

86 min | Drama, Thriller

A Stranger finds himself injured and being cared for, by a Man and Woman, who are not your everyday people, in a secluded home that time has somehow forgotten.

Director: Drew Harwood | Stars: Rebecca Fraiser, Drew Harwood, Gareth Koorzen, Richard Watson

Votes: 240

12. Willed to Kill (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 95 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A homicide detective is forced to work alongside her ex-fiancé to investigate a murder that bears all the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer.

Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Sarah Jane Morris, Michael Riley, Dylan Bruce, David McIlwraith

Votes: 642

13. Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu (2010)

107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ten people who agree to take the same lucrative "job" find themselves locked in an underground complex and forced to play a murder game for seven days.

Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Nagisa Katahira, Shinji Takeda, Masanori Ishii

Votes: 1,389

14. Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film (2018)

19 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

A detective must solve increasingly challenging puzzles as part of a bizarre game orchestrated by an old foe in order to escape the room he's in.

Director: Sean van Leijenhorst | Stars: David Bowles, Elena Kejvalová, Maarten Looise, Bob Rafferty

Votes: 1,176

15. In Bed with a Killer (2019 TV Movie)

Unrated | 92 min | Thriller

A single mother and her daughter move to a new town where she meets the man of her dreams who might be hiding some very dark secrets.

Director: Colin Edward Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Taylor, Al Sapienza, Laurie Fortier, Jade Harlow

Votes: 297

16. Bathing Franky (2012)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

When an ex-con falls under the spell of a backyard magician, the illusion is shattered.

Director: Owen Elliott | Stars: Henri Szeps, Maria Venuti, Shaun Goss, Bree Bain

Votes: 145

17. No Blood, No Surrender (1986)

123 min | Action, Comedy

After the war, Sgt Samson is to deliver a letter to the wife of a friend who died in the war. Shortly after he arrives in Santo Sepulco he is beaten and thrown out of town. From now on, he ... See full summary »

Director: Rudy Dominguez | Stars: Palito, Panchito, Max Alvarado, Michelle Aquino

Votes: 64

18. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: The Geometry of Shadows (1994)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Ivanova deals with a Drazi custom, which only occurs once every 5 years. Techno-mages arrive on the station.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 790

19. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Rise (1997)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While helping a planet being bombarded by asteroids, Neelix and Tuvok get trapped on the surface, where Tuvok's negative attitude gets the better of Neelix's nerves.

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 1,750

20. We Hunt Together (2020– )
Episode: 206 (2022)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Freddy, Jackson and Lola race to unmask The Birdman once and for all. Season finale.

Director: Rebecca Rycroft | Stars: Eve Myles, Babou Ceesay, Colin Morgan, Nico Mirallegro

Votes: 77

21. Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2012)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Working out of a local precinct the investigative unit is digging into the past, actions and whereabouts of a man whose cause of death is inconclusive. Witnesses have helped, as have the ... See full summary »

Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Keisuke Koide, Ken'ichi Endô

22. All the Sins (2019– )
Episode: False Judges (2019)

44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The religious community is assembled, and Lauri's old scars rip open. Sanna has to relive a past trauma. Is forgiveness possible?

Director: Mika Ronkainen | Stars: Johannes Holopainen, Maria Sid, Matti Ristinen, Naava Aitto-Oja

Votes: 81