Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "tracing-a-telephone-call"

1. The Fugitive (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

Votes: 318,461 | Gross: $183.88M

2. Paul (2011)

R | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Mia Stallard

Votes: 265,996 | Gross: $37.41M

3. The Specialist (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger

Votes: 69,761 | Gross: $57.36M

4. The Last Seduction (1994)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses

Votes: 25,772 | Gross: $6.14M

5. In the Line of Fire (1993)

R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott

Votes: 113,619 | Gross: $102.31M

6. High and Low (1963)

Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa

Votes: 53,119

7. The Brave One (2007)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt

Votes: 63,478 | Gross: $36.79M

8. When a Stranger Calls (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson

Votes: 48,638 | Gross: $47.86M

9. Ransom (1996)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Multi-millionaire Tom Mullen's son is kidnapped, but after initially agreeing to pay the ransom Mullen then decides to use the ransom money as a bounty.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte

Votes: 135,420 | Gross: $136.49M

10. Black Christmas (1974)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon

Votes: 48,322 | Gross: $4.05M

11. When a Stranger Calls (1979)

R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller

A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano

Votes: 14,311 | Gross: $21.41M

12. The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Wallace Ritchie is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assassinate international leaders at a banquet.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Bill Murray, Joanne Whalley, Peter Gallagher, Richard Wilson

Votes: 34,365 | Gross: $13.80M

13. The Fury (1978)

R | 118 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A former CIA agent uses the talents of a young psychic to help retrieve his telekinetic son from a shadowy secret government agency.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning

Votes: 17,314

14. Postal (2007)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

In the ironically named city of Paradise, a loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park. The recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.

Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Zack Ward, David Foley, Verne Troyer, Chris Coppola

Votes: 24,098 | Gross: $18.01M

15. The New York Ripper (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti

Votes: 12,476

16. The Company You Keep (2012)

R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller

After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte

Votes: 34,973 | Gross: $5.13M

17. 16 Blocks (2006)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Bruce Willis, Yasiin Bey, David Morse, Jenna Stern

Votes: 134,747 | Gross: $36.90M

18. Suicide Club (2001)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô

Votes: 22,203

19. The Sentinel (2006)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Secret Service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the President. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a Secret Service Protective Intelligence Division agent.

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria

Votes: 52,325 | Gross: $36.28M

20. Little Caesar (1931)

Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr.

Votes: 14,518

21. 7 Days (2010)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.

Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Claude Legault, Rémy Girard, Martin Dubreuil, Fanny Mallette

Votes: 8,636

22. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr

Votes: 6,188

23. The Take (2007)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored truck driver wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man who committed the crime.

Director: Brad Furman | Stars: John Leguizamo, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Perez, Bobby Cannavale

Votes: 2,454

24. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Karen Verne

Votes: 6,639

25. Alpha Code (2020)

97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Johana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.

Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Bren Foster, Denise Richards, Randy Couture, Marek Vasut

Votes: 1,106

26. The Slender Thread (1965)

Passed | 98 min | Drama

College volunteer Alan is working alone at the crisis center one evening when he receives a telephone call from suicidal caller Inga Dyson.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill

Votes: 2,477

27. Burden of Evil (2012 TV Movie)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When the daughter of a powerful senator is kidnapped by a psychopath, the senator requests a particular homicide detective, Caitlyn Conner, to head up the case. She knows the kidnapper ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Monty | Stars: Natalie Zea, Michael Ironside, Ron Lea, Graham Cuthbertson

Votes: 418

28. Intimate Stranger (1991 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Thriller

Cory is a bar singer and phone sex operator, who "witnesses" a murder on the phone. A cop helps her in his spare time in tracing the killer and protecting her.

Director: Allan Holzman | Stars: Debbie Harry, James Russo, Paige French, Tim Thomerson

Votes: 400

29. The Sitter (1977)

22 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

A babysitter is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Lucia Stralser, Curt Sanders, Karen Kondazian, Bill Striglos

Votes: 263

30. Smoke Screen (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A television reporter finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation when she wakes up next to a dead body, not remembering a thing about the night before.

Director: Gary Yates | Stars: Jaime Pressly, Currie Graham, Garwin Sanford, Larissa Laskin

Votes: 604

31. Stolen (2010 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama

An emotional thriller based on the real life 2002 kidnapping of Baby Kahu Durie. New Zealand watched the anguish and courage of the parents and the calm forensic approach of the Police as they worked together to bring Baby Kahu home.

Director: Britta Hawkins | Stars: Miriama Smith, Scott Wills, George Henare, Nick Blake

Votes: 88

32. Driven Underground (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama

Single mother Sarah Palmer hides her family in Oregon when her daughter Christy becomes a key witness in a murder against the mob.

Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Kristy Swanson, Emily Tennant, Lochlyn Munro, Rick Ravanello

Votes: 269

33. Babysitter (2018)

9 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

The average teenage babysitter shows up to watch Mr. Murphy's children. She receives strange calls all night from a prank caller. She tries to keep calm, but senses something terrible is bound to happen.

Director: Dana Rubanowitz | Stars: Zachary Cirino, Nina Quezada, Alexis White

34. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack is on the run after escaping custody and rushes to intercept Ted Cofell before he leaves the city. Nina receives a phone call from Teri and tries to trace the call. Palmer still wants to go ahead with the press conference despite objections. Alberta Green temporarily takes over as Director of CTU.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 2,015

35. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 2: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack tries to get information out of Syed Ali. Mason gets Bob Warner to reveal some previously classified history on Marie that paints Reza's murder in a new light. Lynne Kresge becomes suspicious of Sherry.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 1,534

36. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. (2004)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In order to get closer to the virus, Jack tries to make Nina believe he still has feelings for her. Wayne tries to gain the trust of Julia Milliken when Alan Milliken starts making demands.... See full summary »

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,318

37. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (2003)

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

Tony and one of Salazar's cronies close in on a young drug trafficker who may be unknowingly carrying the virus. Jack informs Kyle Singer's parents that he may be infected. Wayne becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,379

38. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2004)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

President Palmer gives into Stephen Saunders's strange demand of placing an seemingly nondescript phrase into a speech in the hopes of delaying another viral outbreak. Michelle takes control of the situation inside the hotel. Jack and Chase bring a suspect to the local branch of MI-6 as Saunders launches an attack on the building.

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,320

39. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ramon holds Jack hostage as they fly down to Mexico. Regional Director Chappelle interrogates Gael; Tony returns prematurely to CTU to reveal Gael's true allegiance. Chase disobeys orders and heads for Mexico to rescue Jack.

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,372

40. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2004)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack works on using Saunders' daughter in an attempt to gain control of the virus. Michelle waits to find out if she's infected. Palmer navigates around a angry and confused press. Saunders starts making demands on Tony.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,274

41. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: Deadly Threat (2002)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In the 1980s, Florida's cocaine imports were among the highest in the nation and regional territories were enforced with intimidation and murder. One dealer would stop at nothing to keep ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: James Kallstrom, Susan Rae, Anthony D. Call, Craig Abraham

Votes: 28

42. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: You Made Me Kill You (1979)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young woman (Kathleen Lloyd) working at Hart Industries becomes obsessed with her boss, Jonathan and mimics Jennifer's appearance to replace her.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Kathleen Lloyd

Votes: 174

43. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Alice takes Kate down the sad, winding road of her life in the days after the accident; Mary has an argument with Catherine that sends her looking for Kate at Wayne Tower, but she comes unwelcome company for Luke.

Director: Carl Seaton | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 2,233

44. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Sixty-One: Halloween (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A chilling mystery sweeps through Riverdale as the gang prepares for the mischief and mayhem of Halloween; Jughead gets caught in a sinister scheme.

Director: Erin Feeley | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 1,060

45. Birdgirl (2021–2022)
Episode: Topple the Popple (2021)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Judy updates a classic soda can and fans vow to destroy her.

Director: Richard Ferguson-Hull | Stars: Paget Brewster, Rob Delaney, Sonia Denis, John Doman

Votes: 52

46. A Friend of the Family (2022)
Episode: Outer Darkness (2022)

TV-MA | 49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Mary Ann prepares for a high-stakes showdown; Pete works double time to find Jan, disobeying direct orders; worn down by fear and secrecy, Jan nears a breaking point.

Director: Jamie Travis | Stars: Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Mckenna Grace

Votes: 160

47. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode: Ozymandias (2013)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Walt goes on the run. Jesse is taken hostage. Marie forces Skyler to tell Walter, Jr. the truth.

Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris

Votes: 214,859

48. Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode: Vengeance: Part 10 (2012)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Damien has to choose between vengeance and duty to Section 20. Knox finds his sphere of influence diminishing drastically and will do almost anything to leave his mark. Section 20 goes ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Eagles | Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhona Mitra, Michelle Lukes

Votes: 447

49. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: You Can Run (2012)

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

Each side takes a hostage as agent Riley finally catches up with Michael, but Sam may not make it out alive.

Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 394

50. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Black (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Dean is a demon and running amok with Crowley while Sam tries to figure out what happened to his brother. Meanwhile, Castiel is dealing with his diminishing grace.

Director: Robert Singer | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard

Votes: 4,463