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1. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the 1890s, William Murdoch uses radical forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.
Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 17,519
2. The Black Dahlia (2006)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank
Votes: 77,056 | Gross: $22.52M
3. Hangman (II) (2017)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer whose crimes are based on the children's game Hangman.
Director: Johnny Martin | Stars: Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow, Joe Anderson
Votes: 19,096
4. The Big Heat (1953)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Votes: 29,231
5. Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A team of dedicated detectives investigate gruesome murders across London.
Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Amanda Lawrence
Votes: 3,479
6. Just Cause (1995)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
Director: Arne Glimcher | Stars: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood
Votes: 29,517 | Gross: $36.85M
7. Gorky Park (1983)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Ian Bannen
Votes: 15,860 | Gross: $15.90M
8. Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Karen Tomlin, David Thewlis
Votes: 4,011
9. Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995 TV Movie)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A seemingly straightforward sex murder investigation by Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) leads to a hidden political scandal.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Thomas Russell, James Laurenson, Helene Kvale
Votes: 2,703
10. Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 3,000
11. Miracles for Sale (1939)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Mystery
Retired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull
Votes: 845
12. Keys (1994 TV Movie)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
Director: John Sacret Young | Stars: Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, Brett Cullen, Ralph Waite
Votes: 96
13. The Studio Murder Mystery (1932)
19 min | Mystery, Short
When the leading lady of a motion picture is murdered in the middle of a scene, Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree are called in to investigate.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Donald Meek, John Hamilton, Robert Middlemass, Thelma Tipson
Votes: 88
14. The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932)
22 min | Short, Mystery
A couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Donald Meek, John Hamilton, Betty Pierce, Harry T. Morey
Votes: 135
15.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Deadly Slumber
(1993)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the head of a medical clinic is found asphyxiated in his garage, the father of a one of his brain-dead patients becomes the prime suspect.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Carol Starks, Jason Durr
Votes: 832
16.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Happy Families
(1992)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The head of a wealthy but dysfunctional family is found bludgeoned to death in the family estate as Morse is forced to deal with the resultant media frenzy.
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Sukie Smith, Gwen Taylor
Votes: 824
17.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Last Seen Wearing
(1988)
TV-MA | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Peter McEnery, Suzanne Bertish
Votes: 957
18.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Daughters of Cain
(1996)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Oxford professor and fund raiser is stabbed to death at home with a weapon that is yet to be stolen from a university museum.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Gabrielle Lloyd, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 769
19.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Last Enemy
(1989)
TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A headless, armless, footless body of a murdered academic is found in Oxford Canal and his investigation leads to petty hatred and jealousy among the local academia.
Director: James Scott | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Amanda Hillwood, Barry Foster
Votes: 815
20.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Secret of Bay 5B
(1989)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bullying, controlling womanizer who also blackmails his conquests is found garroted in his car in a garage deck.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Amanda Hillwood, Mel Martin
Votes: 763
21.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Sins of the Fathers
(1990)
TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The managing director and heir apparent to a venerable family-owned brewery in dire financial straits is found drowned in a vat of his own ale.
Director: Peter Hammond | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Andy Bradford, Trevor Martin
Votes: 813
22.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Way Through the Woods
(1995)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a serial killer is murdered in prison, his deathbed confession disavows one of the murders he had previously confessed to. Morse wants to reopen the case.
Director: John Madden | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Gary Powell, Vivienne Ritchie
Votes: 857
23.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Wench Is Dead
(1998)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Morse is in hospital for a bleeding ulcer, he takes an interest in an 1859 murder and becomes convinced its resolution was a miscarriage of justice.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: John Thaw, Lisa Eichhorn, James Grout, Louisa Lawrenson
Votes: 831
24.
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (2003–2005)
Episode:
Daddy's Little Girl
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a three year old building is demolished the perfectly preserved body of a nineteen year old cancer survivor is found with a crushed skull.
Director: Michael Offer | Stars: Lindsey Coulson, Samantha Spiro, Richard Hope, Richard Huw
Votes: 46
25.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Deer Woman
(2005)
TV-MA | 57 min | Horror
A harried, burned-out cop believes that a recent string of murders proves that the murderer might be a deer-like creature in the form of a beautiful woman, straight from a local Native American folklore legend.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Brian Benben, Walter High, Michael P. Northey, Cinthia Moura
Votes: 4,259
26.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Dancing in the Dark
(2004)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frost must deal with a corpse found in a recycling dump and a smuggling ring of white slavers specializing in young Polish girls.
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Nicholas Burns, John Lyons
Votes: 280
27.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Black Run: Part 1
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team revisits the murder conviction for a dirty cop obtained eight years earlier by Boyd when he discovers the inmate is dying of cancer.
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 142
28.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Deathwatch: Part 1
(2002)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A deathbed confession appears to link the hanging of an East End gangster and the assassination of the jury that found him guilty.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 167
29.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Every Breath You Take: Part 1
(2001)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The body of missing Police Sergeant Debbie Briton turns up in a golf bag. Suspicion falls on a stalker, but Grace is not convinced that he is the killer.
Director: Gary Love | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 170
30.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
False Flag: Part 1
(2004)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a garage is demolished, the mummified body of a long vanished young man with IRA sympathies is found along with a car bomb.
Director: Suri Krishnamma | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 158
31.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Final Cut: Part 1
(2003)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a mummified body opens an investigation into a supposedly fictional film from the 1960s. It transpires that the gangster responsible for the bodies behind the walls in the Notting Hill house is still active today.
Director: Betsan Morris Evans | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 159
32.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Fugue States: Part 1
(2004)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Five-year-old twins Cindy and Jason were abducted in 1988. Sixteen years later, Jason is struck by a car and identified by his DNA after he is admitted to hospital. The hunt now begins to ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 166
33.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Pilot: Part 1
(2000)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DCI Peter Boyd hunts a killer who murdered a schoolgirl five years earlier. Then the killer contacts him saying he's abducted another girl. Could exhuming the murderer's first victim provide vital clues?
Director: Martin Hutchings | Stars: Holly Aird, Adie Allen, Tyler Butterworth, Elaine Claxton
Votes: 242
34.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Shadowplay: Part 1
(2004)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two women with psychiatric problems are driven to murder and a third to suicide by a shadowy religious figure called "The Shepherd."
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 158
35.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Special Relationship: Part 1
(2002)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the police cannot get a conviction, the cold case team takes on the murder of a feminist who worked for the Home Office.
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 159
36.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Straw Dog: Part 1
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Thirty years after Grace Foley helped send Tony Green to prison for the murder of young men, a copycat tries to force her to recant her stand on the case.
Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 154
37.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Subterraneans: Part 1
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Boyd and the team discover that two decomposed bodies -- one a suicide and the other a murder victim -- are linked to the same man, a medical researcher.
Director: Michael Offer | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 152
38.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
The Hardest Word: Part 1
(2004)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial killer, possibly a man and woman working together, are responsible for a series of kinky, sex-related murders.
Director: Philippa Langdale | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 158
39.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Towers of Silence: Part 1
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mummified body discovered in a derelict airplane in an Arizona scrapyard after seven years has mutilations that match those from another body found in a water tower.
Director: Philippa Langdale | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 142
40.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Undertow: Part 1
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team's convinced that a non-violent criminal about to be released from prison is responsible for a series of attacks/murders of women, but can they prove it?
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 146
41.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Walking on Water: Part 1
(2003)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DNA evidence clears a man of the murder of his adopted fisherman stepfather eleven years earlier, but who killed him and who was responsible for the simultaneous disappearance of three female family members?
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 166
42.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Endangered Species
(2006)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frost is busy with two cases: smugglers trafficking in rare and endangered species and murder and the naked body of an art teacher discovered in the bedroom of returning vacationers.
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Blake Ritson, John Lyons
Votes: 302
43.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
The Fall: Part 1
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Demolishing a building in 2007, a wrecking crew discovers two desiccated corpses still conjoined who were shot to death by a single bullet while having sex in 1992.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 143
44.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Yahrzeit: Part 1
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a London flat is being rehabbed a bloody Nazi dagger is discovered in the fireplace and the team joins with a Massad agent in a hunt to solve the case.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 171
45.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Deus Ex Machina: Part 1
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a Sudanese leader sews his mouth shut and goes on a hunger strike until the long-missing skull of the Mahdi is returned, the Foreign Office pressures the team to find it.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 141
46.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Deus Ex Machina: Part 2
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Boyd connects the disappearance of the Mahdi's skull to the cold case murder of a former Iraqi VIP in his store years earlier and a college-centered Middle Eatern cult.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 128
47.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
The Blind Beggar: Part 2
(2001)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Father Stuart is found murdered in the same excavation the body was discovered, the team makes a connection.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 162
48.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Every Breath You Take: Part 2
(2001)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Boyd and the team track down murdered police officer Debbie's married lover, but he denies killing her. Meanwhile, stalker Christopher Redford is ready to confess to the murder, but Grace is not convinced he's the guilty man.
Director: Gary Love | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 161
49.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Pilot: Part 2
(2000)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mel agrees to act as decoy in the guise of a WPC in order to entrap the kidnapper/killer, who seems to enjoy taunting Boyd.
Director: Martin Hutchings | Stars: Holly Aird, Elaine Claxton, Trevor Eve, Claire Goose
Votes: 195
50.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
The Fall: Part 2
(2007)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The relationship of Boyd and Grace becomes strained as he comes closer to the killer and a scenario involving official corruption becomes apparent.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 123