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1. A Time to Kill (1996)

R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey

Votes: 181,846 | Gross: $108.77M

2. Capote (2005)

R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson

Votes: 140,874 | Gross: $28.75M

3. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Mystery

An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 71,442 | Gross: $11.90M

4. Serial Mom (1994)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her children happy.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 32,692 | Gross: $7.88M

5. Agnes of God (1985)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery

When a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist investigates her case.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly, Anne Pitoniak

Votes: 8,053 | Gross: $25.63M

6. Compulsion (1959)

Approved | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 7,512

7. Critical Condition (1987)

R | 97 min | Comedy

Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades, Joe Mantegna

Votes: 3,911 | Gross: $20.24M

8. Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)

84 min | Crime, Drama

A psychological drama of a young student (Veijo Pasanen) who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.

Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Veijo Pasanen, Aino-Maija Tikkanen, Matti Tamminen, Pia Hattara

Votes: 46

9. Tragic (1998)

Documentary, Short

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Stars: Edward Hickman, Marion Parker

10. Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989)
Episode: Something to Bank On (1989)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jesse learns about money when he takes food from a grocery store without paying. He robs an ATM not realizing it's illegal and gets busted when he returns the cash. Police psychiatrist helps him find the swindler who also took some of it.

Director: Roger Duchowny | Stars: Martin Kove, Jamie Rose, Terry Kiser, Rod Arrants

Votes: 15

11. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Pro Se (1996)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A schizophrenic attorney who refuses to take medication defends himself against multiple charges of murder.

Director: Lewis Gould | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 506

12. Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode: Future Boy - October 6, 1957 (1991)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As the sidekick on the 1950s children's science fiction series "Time Patrol", Sam must prevent the death of the star of the show.

Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Richard Herd, Debra Stricklin

Votes: 499

13. Sam Benedict (1962–1963)
Episode: Nothing Equals Nothing (1962)

60 min | Drama

When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Richard Rust, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger

Votes: 11

14. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode: Episode #1.10737 (2008)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Elvis finds movers about to repossess his furniture, nominally being in Stefano's name since the Mystic liquidation, then visits his father and repeats his threat to tell the police about ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Denney | Stars: Kristian Alfonso, Blake Berris, Jay Bontatibus, Bryan Dattilo

15. Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode: Leslie Demeniuk & Deana Fairchild (2008)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

First, a young mother who shot her 4-year-old twin sons dead blaming antidepressants and alcohol as the cause. Then, a woman who set fire to her boyfriend's home causing an explosion that killed him and his elderly parents claims innocence.

Director: Richard Swindell | Stars: Kay Bess, Noah McKinnon, Katherine Schoenig, Leslie Demeniuk

Votes: 18

16. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Amityville Horror: Evil in the House Pt. 2 (2021)

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

Para psychologists and psychics descend on the house to investigate who murdered the DeFeo family and why.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Mitch Turner, Laura DiDio, Ziv Cohen

Votes: 20

17. Cold Blood (2008–2012)
Episode: Death of a Beauty King (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

In Boston, a white couple is carjacked and shot. The husband calls 911 and describes their assailant as an African-American male. Racial tensions are high as police pin down two suspects, but is there a third suspect?

Director: Jeffrey Hirschfield | Stars: Don Berns, Greg Milne, Jake Michaels, Josh Vokey

18. Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode: Faust: Love of the Damned (2022)

Comedy

Brandon Tenold reviews Faust (2000), a rare superhero/comic book movie on the show which is not a foreign knock-off.

Director: Brandon Tenold | Stars: Brandon Tenold, Fermí Reixach

19. The Hillside Strangler: Devil in Disguise (2022)
Episode: Two-Faced Killer (2022)

TV-MA | 56 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Two college students are found dead in Bellingham; security guard Ken Bianchi raises suspicions.

Star: Lois Lee

Votes: 18

20. Cracked (2013–2014)
Episode: No Traveller Returns (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Psychiatrist Dr. Karl Karzik is seriously injured when he is involved in a hit and run. He, who survives, believes it was no accident as he was scheduled to speak at a hearing involving his... See full summary »

Director: Brett Sullivan | Stars: David Sutcliffe, Stefanie von Pfetten, Luisa d'Oliveira, Dayo Ade

Votes: 60

21. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: A Daughter's Love (2004)

Documentary, Crime, Drama

The case of 14-year-old Cinnamon Brown who confessed to the first degree murder of her stepmother, Linda Marie Brown, in Garden Grove, California in 1985.

Director: Beth B | Stars: Gene Galusha, Katherine Flynn, Paul Zeigler, Kristie Reeves