Murder movies and TV shows – page 4
Best films
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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12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.
Style:
witty, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric, clever ...
Plot:
medical examiner, doctor, expert, forensics, complex characters, murder, forensic, bodies, secret life, loner, murderer, corpse ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
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43K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, mental patient, misfit, macabre, psychopath, twists and turns, mental health ...
Time:
2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 50s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, east end london, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.
Style:
disturbing, scary, creepy, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, maniac, gory, killing spree, sexualized violence, rape, violent, insanity, incest, serial killer as protagonist ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, midwest, california
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, tense, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, camp counselor, investigation, demon, freak accident, self sacrifice, trapped, summer camp, summer, twists and turns, paranormal, lake ...
Time:
80s, 1800s, year 1989, 19th century
Place:
usa, midwest
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, controversial, bleak, perverse ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder of a prostitute, loner, mentally unstable, macabre, brutality, sadism, loser, sex crime, serial murder, misfit ...
Time:
70s, year 2019, year 1974, 20th century, year 1970
Place:
hamburg germany, northern germany, germany, west germany, europe ...
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141K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Style:
suspense, demonic, satanic, psychological, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forest, lost in the woods, creature, supernatural, paganism, guilt, hiking, ritual, folk horror, murder, supernatural horror, sacrifice ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, murder mystery, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, family relations, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, child killer, family problems, family in crisis ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
A British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent ...
Style:
serious, detective, realistic, tense, witty ...
Plot:
murder, police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, police, investigation, british police, buddy cop, partners against crime, investigator, nypd, shrewd ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england, northern england, yorkshire
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure ...
Style:
realistic, clever, serious, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, private investigator, private detective, female detective, heroine, evidence, riddles and clues, murderer, aristocracy, female protagonist, intelligence agency ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
australia, melbourne, new zealand
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489K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, atmospheric, splatter, art house ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
food, restaurant, murder, social satire, food critic, mass murder, perfectionist, chef, grudge, cooking, obsession, actor ...
Time:
2020s
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
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4K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result…
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, violence, isolation, loneliness, psychopath, murderer, mental disorder, social realism, crime investigation, mental illness, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful ...
Style:
intellectual, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, satanic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
conspiracy, illuminati, twists and turns, investigation, murder, riddles and clues, catholicism, danger, religions or cults, vatican, secret society, catholic church ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, geneva switzerland, harvard university
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, slasher, perverse, splatter ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, psychopath, murder, serial murder, hunt down, home invasion, strong violent content, massacre, hostage, danger, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
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80K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, mind bending, cerebral, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, medieval, determination, uncover truth, asian, mentally challenged, mother, mental disorder, police brutality, overprotective mother ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, tokyo
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290K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder mystery, whodunit, dissociative identity disorder, psychology, investigation, motel, murder, mental disorder, split personality, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, nevada
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14K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, suspense, grindhouse, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, gory, chainsaw, exploitation, danger, stalking, sexual repression, blood, male nudity, trauma, dismemberment ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1942, year 1982
Place:
boston, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Rosemary & Thyme is a British television mystery series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, clever, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
who done it, countryside, friendship, female detective, riddles and clues, murder, private detective, investigation, gardener, partners against crime, murder investigation, amateur detective ...
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of Dulce, a mother who has encounters with apparitions inside her old house. She must decipher a mystery that could trigger a prophecy: the death of her family.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, frightening, mind bending ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted by the past, haunted house, twists and turns, murder, time travel, danger, family in danger, elderly, missing child, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, two killers, serial killer, true crime, psychopath, cousin, strangler, homicide, killing spree, killer, criminal, violent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Style:
suspense, clever, touching, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, rape, murder, murder mystery, murderer, lawyer, writers, justice, passion, investigator, homicide ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, y2k, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, argentina, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, enigmatic, cynical, art house ...
Plot:
murder, rape, racism, class differences, master and servant, frigidity, eccentric family, child murder, obsession, moral ambiguity, secrets, marriage ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
france, europe, normandy, paris france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through ...
Style:
stylized, grindhouse, intense, exciting, cult classic ...
Plot:
murder, violent, cyborgs, one man army, point of view, memory loss, fight scenes, hitman, violence, gunfight, found footage, car chase ...
Time:
near future, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
TV show
Story:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Style:
detective, clever, witty, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, who done it, writers, female detective, amateur detective, riddles and clues, elderly, sherlock holmes, women, doctor, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
maine, usa, new york, arizona
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152K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.
Style:
suspense, bleak, dark, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
skinhead, murder, violence, brutality, survival, friendship, punk, punk band, neo nazi, killed by a dog, violent, revenge ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, astoria oregon
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, anthology, enigmatic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stephen king, murder, violence, danger, death, investigation, paranormal phenomena, small town, blood, supernatural power, mysticism, interracial adoption ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator (James Cromwell), who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, neo noir, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
murder, private detective, film critic, investigation, blackmail, courtroom, filmmaking, hollywood, who done it, police investigation, uncover truth, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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298K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Style:
witty, captivating, entertaining, surprise ending, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gambling, revenge, con artists, murder, twists and turns, caper, con man, gangster, chase, cons and scams, casino, organized crime ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chicago, usa, persia, new york, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Style:
stylized, talky, melancholic, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
husband murders wife, revenge, murder, investigation, mafia, police investigation, vengeance, lone hero, confession, adoption, law enforcement, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa
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