Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "police-informer"

1. Experiment in Terror (1962)

Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Roy Poole

Votes: 6,633

2. Topkapi (1964)

Unrated | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley

Votes: 10,724

3. Hollywood Homicide (2003)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-and-coming rap group.

Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Isaiah Washington, Lena Olin

Votes: 39,339 | Gross: $30.94M

4. The Hard Way (1991)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York City policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra

Votes: 22,285 | Gross: $25.90M

5. The Stronghold (2020)

TV-MA | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.

Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, François Civil, Adèle Exarchopoulos

Votes: 13,221

6. The Informer (1962)

Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Thriller

A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre

Votes: 11,983 | Gross: $0.08M

7. Crime Wave (1953)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia

Votes: 4,545

8. Shadow Dancer (2012)

R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Set in 1990s Belfast, an active member of the IRA becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect her son's welfare.

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 13,021 | Gross: $0.10M

9. Algiers (1938)

Passed | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A wanted jewel thief ensconced in the Casbah meets a beautiful woman who makes him long for an escape.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 3,247

10. They Live by Night (1948)

Passed | 95 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 9,354

11. Miami Supercops (1985)

PG | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An ex-con returns to Miami after completing a seven-year sentence for thieving $20,000,000 and is murdered. Two FBI agents are then shipped to Miami to investigate the case under the guise of cops.

Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, C.B. Seay, William 'Bo' Jim

Votes: 8,202

12. Don (1978)

Not Rated | 166 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Don, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.

Director: Chandra Barot | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran Sikand, Iftekhar

Votes: 12,758

13. Friendship (1980)

Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Vijay Varma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Kapoor (Shatrughan Sinha) are two close childhood friends. When they thought they have matured enough they decides to enter law policy: one as a ... See full summary »

Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra

Votes: 1,106

14. Man on a Tightrope (1953)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell

Votes: 1,837

15. Man Bait (1952)

Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama

The married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds

Votes: 874

16. The Secret 6 (1931)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama

After rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.

Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow

Votes: 1,049

17. The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Rowland Brown | Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney, Ian Hunter

Votes: 590

18. Rakshak (1996)

164 min | Action, Thriller

ASP Raj Sinha is assign with the task of bringing to justice the people who are responsible for printing and circulating fake currency notes. Raj is shocked when he learn that the leader ... See full summary »

Director: Ashok Honda | Stars: Suniel Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Sonali Bendre, Raghuvaran

Votes: 389

19. Ram Balram (I) (1980)

169 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents ... See full summary »

Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Rekha

Votes: 575

20. The Price of Crime (2014)

TV-MA | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The rise and fall of a Camorra clan in Naples, told through the eyes of a crime boss and his family. Thirty years of a man's life, thirty years in the history of one of the most beautiful and controversial cities on Earth: Naples.

Director: Alessandro Piva | Stars: Francesco Scianna, Valentina Lodovini, Carmine Recano, Francesco Di Leva

Votes: 536

21. Looking After Jo Jo (1998)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Set on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs.

Stars: Robert Carlyle, Michael Stewart, Craig Moncur, Kathryn Howden

Votes: 376

22. Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller

Fans of Mary Tyler Moore may be taken aback by her performance in this fact-based drama, in which she plays a character far removed from her bubbly Laura Petrie and Mary Richards personae. ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Forster, Gabriel Olds, Jean Stapleton

Votes: 281

23. Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960)

167 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A simple-minded small-time singer joins a group of bandits and becomes the cause for their moral transformation and turnaround.

Director: Radhu Karmakar | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Pran Sikand, Chanchal

Votes: 500

24. Patthar Aur Payal (1974)

150 min | Action, Drama

Ajit Singh and his younger brother, Ranjeet Singh's marred childhood days forces them to form a gang of bandits. When Ranjeet meets Aasha Sinha he is attracted to her and decides to onus ... See full summary »

Director: Harmesh Malhotra | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Ajit Khan

Votes: 122

25. Casbah (1948)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Musical

The life, loves and adventures of a classic Casbah thief.

Director: John Berry | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén

Votes: 574

26. Madam X (1994)

Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Sonu lives a poor lifestyle in India, along with her sister, Nirmala, brother, Raju, a widowed aunt, and makes a living sharpening knives. She is approached by Police Inspector Vijay, who ... See full summary »

Director: Deepak S. Shivdasani | Stars: Rekha, Mohsin Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Raza Murad

Votes: 95

27. Daava (1997)

145 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Underworld thugs kill one of three brothers, in order to create a rift between the remaining two.

Director: Sunil Agnihotri | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Akshay Anand

Votes: 635

28. Zaalim (1994)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Drama

Judge Somnath lives with his wife, three sons, and a daughter. Two of his sons, Vikram and Mohan are married, while his daughter, Kaamna, and youngest son, Ravi, are of marriageable age. ... See full summary »

Director: Sikander Bharti | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Madhoo, Vishnuvardhan, Ranjeet Bedi

Votes: 625

29. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)

Documentary, Action, Crime

In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.

Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran

Votes: 26

30. Hum Hain Bemisaal (1994)

Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Michael, a hit-man, faces the ultimate betrayal from his employer when he decides to retire after one last job. He then joins forces with Inspector Vijay to confront the gangsters who're out to kill him.

Director: Deepak Bahry | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Shilpa Shirodkar, Madhoo

Votes: 675

31. Carbon Copy (1970)

PG | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by an inspector, a former childhood friend.

Director: Sergio Gobbi | Stars: Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Virna Lisi, Albert Minski

Votes: 209

32. The Star Witness (1931)

Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama

Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Walter Huston, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, Sally Blane

Votes: 752

33. Smuggling in Suburbia (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller

A struggling single mother must fight for her teenage daughter's freedom after she is arrested by federal agents for being involved in an illegal diamond smuggling operation.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Darlene Vogel, Monroe Cline, Shelby Yardley, Juliana Destefano

Votes: 155

34. Mrigayaa (1977)

119 min | Drama

In the 1930s, a group of tribals live in a small village in a forest in Odisha. A British administrator arrives at the village who is passionate about hunting. He befriends Ghinua, an exceptional archer.

Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Mamata Shankar, Robert Wright, Ajit Banerjee

Votes: 157

35. Limehouse Blues (1934)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seedy Limehouse district of London, where he cold-bloodedly disposes of rivals and runs a ... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: George Raft, Jean Parker, Anna May Wong, Kent Taylor

Votes: 111

36. Shooting Straight (1930)

72 min | Crime, Drama

Larry Sheldon is a gambler and during an argument he accidentally shoots a man. Fleeing he changes his identity, pretending to be a minister. Things are complicated when he meets a real preacher and falls in love with his daughter Doris.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Richard Dix, Mary Lawlor, Matthew Betz, James Neill

Votes: 143

37. Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)

86 min | Comedy, Crime

Hubert Hrabe, known as Smart Boy (Karel Hermánek), is a Prague dandy who is always skirting the edge of the law. Like every likable rogue, he has a worthy adversary - Police Inspector ... See full summary »

Director: Ivo Novák | Stars: Karel Hermánek, Petr Kostka, Josef Somr, Pavel Zednícek

Votes: 112

38. Dhanam (1991)

Not Rated | 125 min | Drama

A debt-ridden man's plan of turning in a group of smugglers for a monetary reward goes awry as they pursue him in revenge.

Director: Sibi Malayil | Stars: Mohanlal, Charmila, Santha Devi, Indrans

Votes: 220

39. Interdit de séjour (1955)

83 min

An outcast everywhere ,particularly in the normal world in which he used to live in , a naive young man tries to find some help in the underworld .

Director: Maurice de Canonge | Stars: Claude Laydu, Joëlle Bernard, Pierre Destailles, Renaud Mary

Votes: 37

40. Ondhokar (2003)

153 min | Action, Crime

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Director: Kazi Hayat | Stars: Kazi Maruf, Nargis Neha, Shahin Alam, Dulari Chakraborty

Votes: 14

41. Commissaire Moulin (1976– )
Episode: Silence radio (1998)

Crime, Drama

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Director: Yves Rénier | Stars: Yves Rénier, Michel Creton, Natacha Amal, Clément Michu

Votes: 7

42. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: Beyond This Place There Be Dragons (1963)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ex-con, hustling a living by being part fence, sports bettor and police informant among other things,has a contract out on his life. He scrambles to get enough money together to leave ... See full summary »

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Frank Gorshin

Votes: 59

43. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: Jigsaw (1961)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Frank Nitti has a major problem: someone in his organization is leaking information to Eliot Ness and the Untouchables. They've closed down several of his distilleries and several members ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, James Gregory, Cloris Leachman, Bruce Gordon

Votes: 72

44. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: One on One (1987)

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

When the local cops put the heat on Sonny Steelgrave and bust up several of his secret deals, he smells a rat in the inner circle and Vinnie finds himself the number one suspect.

Director: Reynaldo Villalobos | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, Ray Sharkey

Votes: 73

45. Un flic (2007– )
Episode: Confusion des peines (2007)

87 min | Drama

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Director: Frédéric Tellier | Stars: Gaëtan Kondzot, Marie-Gaëlle Cals, François Caron, Ivan Franek

Votes: 16

46. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Anasazi Cave/Devil's Triangle (1997)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A team of archaeologists discovers a mysterious cave used by the lost Anasazi people, but whoever enters it immediately inexplicably drops dead. A boat with one man on board is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

Directors: Ken Girotti, Marc F. Voizard | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 27

47. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Hanapin (2021)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

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Directors: Albert Langitan, Coco Martin, Malu Sevilla, Mark Kevin A. De Vela, Jeffrey Sonora | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Marc Abaya, Tommy Abuel

48. Timewatch (1982– )
Episode: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)

99 min | Documentary, History

A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.

Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal

Votes: 10

49. Euphoria (2019– )
Episode: All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name (2022)

TV-MA | 61 min | Drama

Snippets of memory collide with the present and future.

Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane

Votes: 7,001

50. The Lincoln Lawyer (2022– )
Episode: Discovery (2023)

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

As his team hunts for a needle in a haystack to clear Lisa's name, Mickey comes up with a creative solution for a teenager accused of vandalism.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Becki Newton, Angus Sampson, Jazz Raycole

Votes: 718