| Arrested Development (2003) | 8.6 | |
| The Irishman (2019) | 7.8 | |
| Insider (2016) | 8.1 | |
| Joker (2019) | 8.3 | |
| Trade (2007) | 7.3 |
Arrest movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Nobody 2 (2025) | 6.3 | |
| Weapons (2025) | 7.4 | |
| The Thursday Murder Club (2025) | 6.5 | |
| Urchin (2025) | 6.8 | |
| Plainclothes (2025) | 7.1 |
List of arrest movies
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, arrest, biopic, life is a bitch, psycho killer, neighbor, killer, schizophrenia, cannibalism, decapitation ...
Time:
y2k, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
texas, usa, wisconsin
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389K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style:
detective, exciting, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
loner, sniper, one man army, investigation, murder, vigilante, vigilantism, lone hero, hitman, tough guy, expert, gunfight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania, usa ...
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406K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, sincere, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, change of luck, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, new jersey, usa ...
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476
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Felix Winterberg is the great-great-grandson of the famous Albert Einstein and himself a recognized physics genius. Because of a deadly hereditary disease, the brilliant researcher only has a few years left - which he wants to make as ...
Style:
light, thought provoking, intellectual, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
genius, murder investigation, physics, deal, arrest, science, infatuation, legacy, talent, illegal drugs, police procedural, drug use ...
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191K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The filmed adaptation from David Benioff's novel of the same name. Set in New York, a convicted drug dealer named Monty has one day left of freedom before he is sent to prison. Anger, blame, frustration, betrayal, guilt and loneliness are ...
Style:
bleak, cerebral, clever, psychedelic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, drug lord, organized crime, drug dealer, drug, melancholy, 9/11, freedom, redemption, paranoia, hopes, profanity ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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44K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A huge South Asian law enforcement contingent embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game of capturing DON (Shah Rukh Khan) - high-ranking member of the ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. When DON gets seriously injured in a police encounter, the word ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot:
mission, jealousy, on the run, mistaken identity, undercover, drug dealing, gang, chase, vengeance, danger, twists and turns, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, goa india, malaysia
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Style:
disturbing, intense, serious, realistic, social ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug traffic, favela, squad, drug lord, leader, slum, police, fighting crime, police brutality, law enforcement, torture ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, south america, latin america, berlin germany
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, police detective, victim, gang, sergeant, arrest, shooting, murder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa, south america
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595
Genre: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The remake of famous Commando (1985) movie.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, psychotronic
Plot:
hitman, warrior, one man army, murder, arrest, kidnapping, hostage, daring rescue, ex military, escapades, rivalry, danger ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.
Style:
sexual, erotic, absurd, disturbing, powerful ...
Plot:
poet, alcoholic, passion, ex husband ex wife relationship, arrest, addiction, prostitute, teenage life, self mutilation, suicide attempt, binge drinking, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
42K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, scary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
game, mind game, psychology, twists and turns, graphic violence, money, plot twist, greed, manipulation, brutality, mysterious character, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok ...
Style:
social, tense, suspense, brutal, entertaining
Plot:
fight for justice, investigative reporter, prison, cocaine, false accusation, drug traffic, arrest, pursuit, drug, journalism, mafia, addiction ...
Time:
80s
Place:
southeast asia, thailand
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
Style:
sentimental, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mentally challenged, mental patient, prison, innocent, parent child relationship, prison sentence, mental disorder, father daughter relationship, lovers, soul mate, arrest, mental illness ...
Time:
2010s, year 1983, year 2004
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II and is executed by them in 1943. Opening at Jägerstätter’s home in Austria’s countryside, the film follows Franz and his wife, Fani, ...
Style:
period piece, sexy, thought provoking, costume drama, political ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war two, conscientious objector, clergy, prisoner, prison life, farmer, catholic, trial, travel, anti war, courtroom, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 2019, 2010s, year 1939 ...
Place:
austria, germany, alps, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, psychological, intellectual
Plot:
spanish civil war, spanish history, coup d'etat, dictatorship, military coup, moral dilemma, philosopher, professor, arrest, military, franco regime (francoism), civil war ...
Time:
year 1936, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
morocco, spain, basque country, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Manuel is a crooked politician who enjoys the lifestyle that kickbacks afford. He eats at fancy restaurants, parties with his friends on yachts, and provides a very luxurious lifestyle for his family. Manuel brazenly bribes, extorts, and pays off ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, political thriller
Plot:
corruption, treason, politician, corrupt politician, politics, journalist, arrest, husband wife relationship, deception, evidence, police, party ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, china, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands, Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The affaire of a married Palestinian man and a married Israeli woman in Jerusalem takes a dangerous political dimension when they are spotted in the wrong place at the wrong time leaving them to deal with more than their broken marriages.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
sex scene, hot and sexy, moral dilemma, forbidden love, pregnant wife, arrest, political prisoner, pregnancy, violence, danger, encounter, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Un peuple et son roi crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the ...
Style:
realistic, factual, captivating, tense, political
Plot:
french revolution, king of france, french history, martial law, politics, execution, arrest, interrogation, poverty, guillotine, napoleonic era, royalty ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, versailles
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11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Forensic pathologist Kang (Seol Kyeong-gu) is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min (Han Hye-jin) points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho (Ryoo Seung-beom), as the primary suspect. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police investigation, autopsy, forensics, threat, arrest, daughter, regret, tragic hero, vengeance, professor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
About a real-life criminal who shocked Argentine society: Carlos Robledo Puch, a merciless teen killer dubbed “The Angel of Death” because of his beatific good looks, who now ranks as the longest-serving prison inmate in Argentine history.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, exciting, controversial ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, gay interest, gay slur, lgbt, gay, murder, teenage gang, serial killer as protagonist, friendship between boys, police, violence, money ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Canada, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Style:
action comedy, buddy comedy, captivating, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
hitman, on the run, chase, killer, two man army, bodyguard, assassin, one against many, protection, trial, tough guy, buddy ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, netherlands, buckingham palace, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
serial killer, uncover truth, small town, social relations, police, arrest, suspect, guilty verdict, media coverage, reporter, community, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
660
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Avinash Malhotra (Bobby Deol) is married to Sanjana (Lara Dutta). One night Sanjana is murdered, and Avinash is arrested for the murder of his wife.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, suspense thriller
Plot:
suspicion, false accusation, trial, arrest, lawyer, uncover truth, husband wife relationship, adultery, murder of wife, fugitive, wrongful imprisonment, wrongful conviction ...
Place:
malaysia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Generał Nil is a Polish historical film, based on the life of general Emil August Fieldorf, pseudonym "Nil". The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski and was released in 2009.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
imprisonment, world war two, army general, trial, moral dilemma, communism, secret service, assassination, arrest, post war, death sentence, prison ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
poland, ussr, siberia
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man is convicted for killing his father and attempting to murder his mother.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
murder, investigation, serial killer, arrest, crime scene, lawyer, courtroom, death of father, college, police detective, reporter, danger ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
824
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's not easy being the most popular couple in high school. Adam and Amber are the golden pair of Gaitlin High and are very busy being cool. Yet somehow Adam finds time for extracurricular activities, like making-it with Gynger, a sophomore, in ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, teen sex comedy, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
youth, adolescence vs adulthood, looking for sex, teenage love, high school student, young lovers, social relations, teenage life, sexual relations, teenage pregnancy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, arrest ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, historical drama, factual, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, artist, spanish inquisition, spanish history, art, prison, prostitute, painter, biopic, life is a bitch, lifestyle, painting ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, regency period, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
spain, persia, madrid, europe
Is relevant?
223K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Said -- a Jew, African, and an Arab -- give human faces to France's immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social ...
Style:
bleak, art house, disturbing, cult classic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
racism, rebel, poverty, skinhead, youth, ghetto, brutality, police brutality, friendship, rebellion, urban ghetto life, misfit ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, middle east, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
transgender, lesbian, gender, transsexual, rape, lgbtq, tragic love, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, small town, gay, love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, texas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
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