Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "suspicious-death"

1. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.

Director: Justine Triet | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz

Votes: 118,002

2. Babylon (I) (2022)

R | 189 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 167,194

3. Upload (2020– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After his premature death, a man's consciousness is uploaded into a virtual world. As he gets comfortable with his surroundings, questions about his death arise.

Stars: Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson

Votes: 80,198

4. Amsterdam (2022)

R | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, History

In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Alessandro Nivola

Votes: 93,119

5. The Swimming Pool (1969)

16+ | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter, Penelope, to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin

Votes: 12,714 | Gross: $0.03M

6. Mr. Jones (2019)

119 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle

Votes: 16,228

7. Mulholland Falls (1996)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri

Votes: 18,972 | Gross: $11.50M

8. Coma (1978)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy.

Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Michael Douglas, Rip Torn, Geneviève Bujold, Elizabeth Ashley

Votes: 21,145

9. Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama

In this prequel to 'Stone Cold,' Tom Selleck reprises his role as Jesse Stone, an L.A. cop who relocates to a small town only to find himself immersed in one mystery after the other.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Saul Rubinek, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth

Votes: 6,243

10. The Parallax View (1974)

R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn

Votes: 21,755 | Gross: $2.15M

11. Defense of the Realm (1985)

PG | 96 min | Thriller

After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen

Votes: 2,521 | Gross: $0.75M

12. Super Dark Times (2017)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.

Director: Kevin Phillips | Stars: Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Amy Hargreaves

Votes: 25,616 | Gross: $0.03M

13. In Darkness (2018)

Not Rated | 110 min | Mystery, Thriller

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

Director: Anthony Byrne | Stars: Natalie Dormer, Ed Skrein, Emily Ratajkowski, Neil Maskell

Votes: 14,281

14. El embarcadero (2019–2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery

When Alexandra discovers that her late husband led a double life, she secretly befriends the other woman, Veronica, to uncover what really happened at the pier the night that he died.

Stars: Álvaro Morte, Verónica Sánchez, Irene Arcos, Roberto Enríquez

Votes: 3,775

15. The House with Laughing Windows (1976)

110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.

Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani

Votes: 5,966

16. Fascination (2004)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A young man becomes suspicious when his recently widowed mother decides to re-marry soon after his stepfather's death.

Director: Klaus Menzel | Stars: James Naughton, Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Garcia, Stuart Wilson

Votes: 1,593 | Gross: $0.02M

17. One on Top of the Other (1969)

R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza

Votes: 2,670

18. A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of murdering her husband Clovis and her ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand

Votes: 2,771

19. Patricia (1980)

101 min | Comedy, Mystery

A young heiress leads a life of excess and wants to marry a man her rich father despises. When her father suspiciously dies, and someone tries to kill her, she surrounds herself with her cousins, friends and lovers, all possible suspects.

Director: Hubert Frank | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Sascha Hehn, Paca Gabaldón, María Rey

Votes: 175

20. Sacrifice (II) (2016)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

After digging up a bizarrely mutilated corpse on her land, physician Tora Hamilton uncovers a lethal connection to ancient pagan rituals.

Director: Peter A. Dowling | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney, Joanne Crawford

Votes: 4,828

21. Carnal Circuit (1969)

R | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A man hides his best friend from the hoods who are out to get him, and suffers a violent beating as a result. The friend is eventually killed nevertheless so the man tries to find answers.

Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Robert Hoffmann, Luciana Paluzzi, Frank Wolff

Votes: 193

22. Lies and Deception (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery

A private investigator helps a woman uncover the secret life of her dead husband.

Director: Louis Bélanger | Stars: Mädchen Amick, Andrew W. Walker, Joseph Kell, Ellen Dubin

Votes: 557

23. Trinity (2009)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

As a new academic year begins at ancient, prestigious Trinity College, Charlotte is among the new students, determined to prove that her father's death is somehow linked to the college.

Stars: Charles Dance, Claire Skinner, Antonia Bernath, Isabella Calthorpe

Votes: 478

24. Ritual of Evil (1970 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama, Horror

A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Anne Baxter, Diana Hyland, John McMartin

Votes: 294

25. Tomato Red: Blood Money (2017)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Thriller

A small time drifter Sammy Barlach (Jake Weary, "Animal Kingdom") searches for his next mark, but comes upon Jamalee (Julia Garner, "Ozark") and her brother who challenge him in unexpected ways.

Director: Juanita Wilson | Stars: Julia Garner, Jake Weary, Anna Friel, Nick Roux

Votes: 488

26. Travis McGee (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Travis McGee is a world-weary private investigator trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, resulting in a death that might have been faked.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Sam Elliott, Gene Evans, Barry Corbin, Richard Farnsworth

Votes: 156

27. Royal Murder Mysteries (2017– )

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Royal Murder Mysteries is a hard-hitting upcoming series investigates all of these extraordinary stories, sifting through the evidence, the facts as it seeks to reach final conclusions and numerous theories surrounding royal deaths.

Stars: Jon Wright, Jon Strickland, Andrew Cook, Robert Ince

Votes: 60

28. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cordelia Gray is hired by a businessman to investigate the suicide of his estranged son. However, the young private detective soon develops feelings for the dead young man which thrust her into danger.

Director: Christopher Petit | Stars: Billie Whitelaw, Paul Freeman, Pippa Guard, Dominic Guard

Votes: 303

29. Napoleon (1955)

190 min | Biography, Drama, War

Napoléon Bonaparte's life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand, the cynical and ironic politician who once was the Emperor of France's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jeanne Boitel, Pierre Brasseur, Gianna Maria Canale

Votes: 615

30. Circle of Friends (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman returns home to investigate the mysterious deaths of her childhood friends.

Director: Stefan Pleszczynski | Stars: Julie Benz, Chris Kramer, Venus Terzo, Paula Costain

Votes: 521

31. A Shriek in the Night (1933)

Unrated | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Pat Morgan and Ted Kord are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building.

Director: Albert Ray | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark, Purnell Pratt

Votes: 1,090

32. Savage (1973 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 73 min | Drama, Thriller

A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Will Geer, Paul Richards

Votes: 410

33. The Fearmakers (1958)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Korean War veteran returns to Washington D.C. only to discover his business partner had died and their public-research business sold, so he works there undercover to find out the truth.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Marilee Earle, Veda Ann Borg

Votes: 846

34. The Cliff (2016)

Not Rated | 99 min | Romance, Thriller

A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel's younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn't seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened.

Director: Helena Taberna | Stars: Daniel Grao, Juana Acosta, Goya Toledo, Ingrid García Jonsson

Votes: 515

35. Perfect Health (2017)

109 min | Drama, Thriller

A young man trying to solve the puzzle of his father's last moments rattles the life of a quiet town and unburies unwanted truths. His compulsive quest becomes a downward spiral of love, lust and lies.

Director: Anca Damian | Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Anghel Damian, Olimpia Melinte, Cristina Flowers

Votes: 321

36. The Search for Michael Rockefeller (2011)

90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Mystery

Documentary about the 1961 disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, the young scion of the Rockefeller family, in the waters of Papua New Guinea and the 1969 attempt of journalist Milt Machlin to locate him in case he might still be alive.

Directors: Fraser C. Heston, Milt Machlin | Stars: Miron Ashkenazy, J.O. Brew, Neil Dickson, Ken Dresser

Votes: 164

37. Contradiction: The Interactive Murder Mystery Movie (2015 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Mystery

FMV game about inspector Jenks, who's sent to a small English village to investigate the suspicious drowning of a student who attended the ominous local private personality development school, Atlas. He has one day to solve the mystery.

Director: Tim Follin | Stars: Rupert Booth, Paul Darrow, John Guilor, Huld Martha

Votes: 150

38. The Surrogate (1995 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

A female art student in need of money agrees to be a surrogate mother for a rich couple. When she learns of their sinister secret involving another baby that died, she takes drastic action.

Directors: Jan Egleson, Raymond Hartung | Stars: Connie Sellecca, Alyssa Milano, Vincent Ventresca, Polly Bergen

Votes: 322

39. The Advocates (1991–1992)

180 min | Crime, Drama

Cases of two Edinburgh-based lawyers.

Stars: Ewan Stewart, Isla Blair, Hugh Ross, Alison Peebles

Votes: 78

40. Phase IV (2002)

R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A reporter on the trail of a series of homicides uncovers a shady plot featuring an experimental drug.

Director: Bryan Goeres | Stars: Dean Cain, Brian Bosworth, Mimi Kuzyk, Heather Mathieson

Votes: 492

41. Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (1974)

107 min | Crime, Drama

The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Maurice Ronet, Marthe Keller, Karin Dor, Raymond Pellegrin

Votes: 130

42. Missing Pieces (1991)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic ... See full summary »

Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Lauren Hutton, Bob Gunton

Votes: 289

43. Kill or Cure (1962)

TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Mystery

An undercover private detective investigates a suspicious death at a shady health clinic.

Director: George Pollock | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Eric Sykes, Dennis Price, Lionel Jeffries

Votes: 378

44. Flagrant désir (1986)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the Médoc, a young woman is found drowned. An accident, her influential family of winegrowers maintains. Or rather murder, as the American inspector Morrison suspects. If so, why? What secrets this family keeps?

Director: Claude Faraldo | Stars: Sam Waterston, Marisa Berenson, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Lauren Hutton

Votes: 81

45. Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Former Los Angeles police lieutenant Bill Battles is hired by Hawaii State university to not only become head of the campus police, but assistant coach in charge of special teams for the ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: William Conrad, Lane Caudell, Robin Mattson, Marj Dusay

Votes: 41

46. Rendez-vous avec le Crime (2022 TV Movie)

93 min | Crime, Thriller

Undercover cop Samson Brion is home again, deep in the heart of Brittany fifteen years after leaving it behind. But nobody is happy to see him back, least of all Lila, an impetuous local ... See full summary »

Director: Méliane Marcaggi | Stars: Arié Elmaleh, Sophie de Fürst, Gaëlle Bona, Marius Colucci

Votes: 22

47. Chaos and Cadavers (2003)

86 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which has been taken over by the ... See full summary »

Director: Niklaus Hilber | Stars: Nick Moran, Keeley Hawes, Steve Huison, Ian McNeice

Votes: 110

48. The Inheritor (1990)

R | 83 min | Horror

When her twin sister dies in an area called Windsor Lake, a young woman teams up with a local cop to try to find out what happened.

Director: Brian Savegar | Stars: Lisa McGuire, John Patrick Rice, Barnaby Spring, Dan Haggerty

Votes: 51

49. The Umbra Conspiracy (1995 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Government computer programmer with Top Secret "Umbra" clearance has been killed in a suspicious car accident. The player is a special agent who must get to the bottom of this. An international conspiracy emerges.

Directors: Raymond Hogue, George Johnson | Stars: Ray Allen, Brian Benoit, Tamiko Berryman, Steve Cotroneo

50. Dark Side of the Moon (1998 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

FMV adventure game about Jake, who arrives to his late uncle's mining space station after inheriting it to investigate his death. Was it suicide or are the mining corporation and the indigenous people who work as miners somehow involved?

Director: Edward Bowen | Stars: Barry Bell, Peggy Droz, Sheila Duell, Lauren Ellis

Votes: 21