| Witness (1985) | 7.3 | |
| I as in Icarus (1979) | 7.8 | |
| One Night (2012) | 6.2 | |
| Absolute Power (1997) | 6.7 | |
| The Hypnotist (2012) | 5.6 |
Witnessing a crime movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant witnessing a crime movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense and psychological films and TV shows about / with witnessing a crime, murder, deadly, chase, investigation, danger, police investigation, dishonesty, violence and gun plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as witnessing a crime: The Guardians (2012), Witness (1985), Skate Or Die (2008), Ravage (2019), Hush (2008), Bare Witness (2002), The Client (1994), Secrets From Her Past (2011), When the Bough Breaks (1994), Alias (2002).
Best films
New films
| Flinch (2021) | 5.7 | |
| Wrong Place (2022) | 3.5 | |
| Run for Your Lives (2020) | 6.6 | |
| Killer Stepmom (2022) | 4.9 | |
| Netrikann (2021) | 5.8 |
List of witnessing a crime movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
15-year-old Nina witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger. Being an orphan, she has nobody she can trust. When corrupt businessman Thomas Backer sends five killers after Nina, witness protection officer, Max, a former special-forces ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
teenage girl, witnessing a crime, bodyguard, orphan, murder, tough heroes, on the run, friendship, danger, hitman, machine gun, businessman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
witnessing a crime, police, amish, police corruption, forbidden love, female nudity, police detective, twists and turns, witness, childhood, corruption, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jérôme and Benjamin are two young skateboarders whose carefree existence is turned upside down when they witness the murder of a drug dealer. Rumbled by the assassins they manage to escape. Taking refuge in a police station they then discover that ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
witnessing a crime, chase, on the run, youth, police corruption, skateboard, race against time, danger, hunt down, skater, violent content, young heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a nature photographer explains to the Police how she fought her way out of the Watchatoomy Valley, they dismiss her crazed and violent story as a meth-induced nightmare. But when they discover that she's telling the truth, it's too ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, violence, female protagonist, rape and revenge, woods, corrupt sheriff, decapitation, survival, captive, murder, woman in jeopardy, self defense ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver when they see something disturbing in the back of his vehicle.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
missing person, psychopath, witnessing a crime, truck, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, kidnapping, serial killer, murder, on the run, rescue, on the road, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest business' there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, sex scene, sexploitation, femme fatale, making love, investigation, sexual relations, who done it, murder, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, intense, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, mafia, boy, court, suicide, brother brother relationship, witness protection, surveillance, child in peril, district attorney, lawyers and clients, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new orleans, tennessee, usa, memphis, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, Kate Collins (Ashley Jones) was a different person. Literally. She was living in Chicago, working as a bartender, and going by her real name ‘Stephanie Wickers.’ That all changed when she witnessed the murder of her boss by a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
murder, danger, hidden identity, witnessing a crime, on the run, haunted by the past, gangster, identity, witness protection, secret, female protagonist, new identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, chicago, pennsylvania
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, witnessing a crime, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Eva accidentally witnesses (and tapes) the suicide of a girl. The tape is stolen but retrieved by Dieter, with whom she starts an affair.
Style:
psychological, tense, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
witnessing a crime, wrong place wrong time, woman in danger, couples, danger, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, psychopath, investigation, insane asylum, drug ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium, ghent
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, espionage, murder, conspiracy, cold war, investigation, sex scene, spy, undercover, love triangle, accidental killing, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him ...
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, serial killer, murder mystery, murder, investigation, politics, conspiracy theory, assassination, witnessing a crime, amateur detective, damsel in distress ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, police detective, protagonist as suspect, murder, dead prostitute, morgue, frame up, danger, riddles and clues, murder suspect, friend ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style:
suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, kids
Plot:
surveillance, conspiracy, cia, on the run, espionage, political conspiracy, intelligence, violence, murder, manhunt, fighting the system, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., baltimore, iraq, maryland, afghanistan ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billy is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a film directed by her sister's boyfriend, Andy, Billy finds herself trapped in the studio one night and is horrified to see a ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, disturbing, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
mute, murder, chase, masked killer, undercover cop, home invasion, voyeur, russian mafia, witnessing a crime, brutality, voyeurism, american abroad ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style:
bloody, splatter, suspense, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, gory, psychopath, violence, violent, train, twists and turns, butcher, blood, subway, torture ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, america
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Station he has no reason to expect anything more than a pleasant ride to upstate New York to interview the subjects for his latest project. But a chance encounter with a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
train, witnessing a crime, investigation, twists and turns, disappearance, adultery, murder, mystery woman, obsession, chance meeting, identity crisis, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
New York detective Mike Santini (Rob Lowe) is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers (Sam Neill) a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness in a high profile case involving money laundering. Santini plays a major ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, mind game, police investigation, law enforcement, reluctant partners, rivalry, master criminal, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, frame up, police corruption, gangster ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, murder, woman in danger, witnessing a crime, danger, police investigation, partner, chases and races, martial arts, mafia, gunfight, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Annie's (Jennifer Blanc) life is in jeopardy after she's witnessed the horrific rape and murder of her closest friend. Fleeing from two attackers (Ryan Honey, Denny Kirkwood) she stumbles across kyle (Michael Biehn), a recluse living in ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychopath, murder, loner, serial murder, woman in danger, death, voyeurism, misogynist, brutality, torture, voyeur, misogyny ...
Time:
medieval times, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
murder mystery, secret service, politics, usa president, political corruption, father daughter relationship, political conspiracy, president, conspiracy, justice, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the info they find. Soon the Feds are running all over ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kennedy assassination, police detective, border patrol, conspiracy, police investigation, danger, witnessing a crime, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, political conspiracy, assassination, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 80s, year 1963
Place:
texas, usa, san antonio texas, austin texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, desert, hunting, chase, hunter, isolation, witnessing a crime, travel, thirst, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, mojave desert, usa, new mexico
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Style:
political thriller, mind bending, political, suspense, tricky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
assassination, un, twists and turns, espionage, investigation, politics, murder, revenge, dictator, undercover, secret service, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, new york, brooklyn new york city, paris france, south africa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
Style:
road movie, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
witnessing a crime, psychopath, gang, woman in danger, serial killer, missing person, rescue, danger, family in danger, hostage, father son relationship, fugitives ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
nevada
Is relevant?
23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, talky ...
Plot:
hitman, mafia, witness protection, assassin, betrayal, life turned upside down, partners in crime, danger, female nudity, murder of a nude woman, transformation, adaptation ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
michigan, toronto ontario canada, missouri, mississippi, canada ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Special Agent Rachel Anderson is charged with protecting a key witness, Richard Harper. But Harper himself is a suspect in several bomb attacks, one of which killed Rachel's partner. Stars Sean Young and Tim Post.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, witnessing a crime, terrorist, conspiracy, law enforcement, danger, cop witness relations, false accusation, prison, interrogation, bomb threat, terrorist group ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
Style:
suspense, road movie, suspenseful, cerebral, intense ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, time loop, changing the past or future, serial killer, time, alternate timeline, alternate reality, destiny, repeated event, twists and turns, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future
Place:
texas, usa, arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, ...
Style:
serious, psychological, thought provoking, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
murder witness, witnessing a crime, murder, neighbor neighbor relationship, uncover truth, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, introspection, moral dilemma, couples, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Ringer is an American television series that initially aired on The CW from September 13, 2011 to April 17, 2012. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin. On May 13, 2011, it was reported that ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
blended family, plan gone awry, disorder, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, suspicion, family relations, fbi, mafia, haunted by the past, danger, hidden identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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