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1. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
A drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Mary Merrall, Gordon Jackson, Jean Ireland
Votes: 316
2. Madame Bovary (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary). To escape boredom, she throws herself into love ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne
Votes: 3,330 | Gross: $1.94M
3. Thérèse (2012)
110 min | Drama
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Catherine Arditi
Votes: 3,452
4. The Second Woman (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly ... See full summary »
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Florence Bates
Votes: 900
5. Death in Small Doses (1995 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of ... See full summary »
Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Richard Thomas, Shawn Elliott, Tess Harper, Glynnis O'Connor
Votes: 211
6. GasLand (2010)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary
An exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved.
Director: Josh Fox | Stars: Josh Fox, Dick Cheney, Pete Seeger, Richard Nixon
Votes: 10,031 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama
The life of Audrey Marie Hilley, who, in order to start a new life, took drastic action.
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Judith Light, David Ogden Stiers, Kellie Overbey, David Dukes
Votes: 325
8. Deadly Women (2005)
Documentary, Crime
A Docu-series all about how women become murderers either by choice, mentality, influence or upbringing. Enthralling and enticing to all interested in crime, murder and mysteries. This ... See full summary »
Stars: Marsha Crenshaw, Janis Amatuzio, Candice DeLong, Georgina Anderson
Votes: 186
9. The Burning Court (1962)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier, Edith Scob
Votes: 303
10. Where the Truth Lies (1962)
83 min | Thriller
Did Myriam cast a spell on Catherine ?
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Juliette Gréco, Liselotte Pulver, Jean-Marc Bory, Georges Chamarat
Votes: 39
11. The Poisoning Angel (2016)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
A serial killer strikes fear into the lives of residents of a quiet French community during the early 19th century.
Director: Stéphanie Pillonca | Stars: Déborah François, Benjamin Biolay, Jonathan Zaccaï, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 125
12. Crime Is Our Business (2008)
109 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Prudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course!
Director: Pascal Thomas | Stars: Catherine Frot, André Dussollier, Claude Rich, Chiara Mastroianni
Votes: 926
13. Anne & Alet (2013)
74 min | Documentary
A docudrama about the sisters Anne & Alet who killed several women with poison in the late 18th century. They were finally caught and judged to death by beheading.
Director: Stephan A. Hergel | Stars: Anne Windsland, Rikke Lydersen Simonsen, Helge Jordal, Cecilie F. Johnsen
Votes: 56
14. The Late Edwina Black (1964 TV Movie)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Edwina Black has died from arsenic poisoning, and Inspector Martin is determined to figure out who did it.
Stars: Ethel Gabriel, John Gray, Ron Haddrick, Anne Haddy
15.
The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode:
A Time to Run
(1962)
30 min | Western
A meek middle-aged man walks into Garrett's office and demands to be arrested for robbery and provides a carpetbag full of money as evidence. He tells Garrett that he stole the money from a... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, John Fiedler, Mark Tapscott
Votes: 5
16.
Da Vinci's Inquest (1998–2006)
Episode:
An Act of God
(2000)
44 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
Da Vinci investigates the death of a young man working for his father's construction company. Shannon and Leary investigate a decomposed body discovered in the back of a stolen truck. Kosmo... See full summary »
Director: Scott Summersgill | Stars: Nicholas Campbell, Suleka Mathew, Gerard Plunkett, Sarah-Jane Redmond
Votes: 23
17.
Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode:
Atomic No. 33
(2008)
TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Larry finds himself fighting his own bigotry when he assists Don and Charlie's investigation into the poisoning of cult members.
Director: Leslie Libman | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard
Votes: 171
18.
Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode:
Bad Medicine
(2004)
TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime
When a plastic surgeon's wife becomes the victim of arsenic poisoning, investigators must determine who is trying to kill her and why.
Stars: Peter Thomas, Anthony Constantino, Chuck Craven, Anthony Pignataro
Votes: 35
19.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Buffalo Shuffle
(2011)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ignoring a puzzling break-in at Station 4, Murdoch travels to Buffalo to help Dr. Ogden solve the suspicious death of a young cancer patient at a children's hospital.
Director: Yannick Bisson | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 171
20.
NCIS: New Orleans (2014– )
Episode:
Collateral Damage
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a Navy lieutenant dies during a clandestine visit to a general's hotel room, Special Agent Pride and the CIS team are asked to break standard protocol for the murder investigation.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Rob Kerkovich
Votes: 170
21.
P.J. (1997– )
Episode:
Côté jardin
(2004)
49 min | Crime, Thriller
A homeless man called Jean-Jean who sleeps in the public park wanted to stop a man who was destroying a children's playgrounds with an ax and has been wounded.Agathe and Franck think that ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido
22.
Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode:
Dark Secrets
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime
Deadly Women examines cases where woman kill for secret reasons including Judy Buenoano who murdered lovers and her son in order to get insurance money, trans-gender Eugenia Falleni who ... See full summary »
Director: John Mavety | Stars: Janis Amatuzio, Ted Chamberlain, Candice DeLong, Vincent DiMaio
Votes: 26
23.
Anno 1790 (2011)
Episode:
De dödas röster
(2011)
58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Dåådh visit his old professor in Uppsala when one of the students is murdered.
Director: Rickard Petrelius | Stars: Peter Eggers, Joel Spira, Linda Zilliacus, Johan H:son Kjellgren
Votes: 19
24.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Death at Jamestown
(2001)
Documentary, History, Mystery
Scientists investigate what led to the demise of the British colony of Jamestown, VA around 1610. Were the starvation and outbreaks they faced caused by a string of unfortunate events or did Spain have something to do with it as well?
Director: Alexander Marengo | Star: Liev Schreiber
Votes: 11
25.
Bull (2016– )
Episode:
Dressed to Kill
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Bull and Chunk's bond is tested when Bull helps the prime suspect in the murder of Chunk's fashion mentor, Nella Wester (Paulina Porizkova), a model-turned-designer who was killed during her own runway show.
Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Michael Weatherly, Freddy Rodríguez, Geneva Carr, Jaime Lee Kirchner
Votes: 337
26.
Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode:
Fatal Attraction
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime
Deadly Woman looks at cases of women driven by obsessive love including Diane Downs shot her three children to win over a lover who didn't want children, Martha Wise poisoned three and ... See full summary »
Director: John Mavety | Stars: Jane Edwina Seymour, Janis Amatuzio, John Stark Bellamy II, Michael Bennett
Votes: 25
27.
Fallen Angels (1993–1995)
Episode:
Fly Paper
(1995)
29 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1929, a famed shamus known as the Continental Op is on the trail of a well-known socialite, who ran away with a notorious gangster and is now missing. The case takes the Continental Op to blackmail and murder.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Berg, Michael Rooker
Votes: 28
28.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
House of Hoarders
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nick accidentally stumbles upon a badly decomposing dead body in the home of a mother with a severe hoarding disorder, but that is only the first of a number of grisly surprises the team finds in the house.
Director: Alec Smight | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Jorja Fox
Votes: 522
29.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Invitation to an Accident
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A scaffold falls on a new bride, after her husband accuses her of rendezvousing with an old flame. Another former suitor suspects the husband faked the accident, and urges her to cut off ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Gary Merrill, Joanna Moore, Alan Hewitt
Votes: 188
30.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Let Us Ask the Maiden
(2009)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a young Jewish man dies suddenly during prayers, Dr. Ogden suspects arsenic poisoning and concludes that others may be falling victim to a poisoner.
Director: Harvey Crossland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 170
31.
Deadly Women (2005)
Episode:
Obsession
(2005)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, Crime
Deadly Women looks at four cases of women murderers driven by obsession: Elizabeth Báthory a Hungarian noble who craved blood for beauty, Vera Renczi a Romanian woman who poisoned men with ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Thorburn | Stars: Marsha Crenshaw, Georgina Anderson, Anika Contos, Christina Craig
Votes: 12
32.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Paris Green
(2010)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, History
Van Alland remains suspicious of Sebso, the dying Commodore seeks a rapprochements with illegitimate son Jimmy, and Margaret leaves after a domestic argument with Nucky.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 1,406
33.
Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode:
Predators
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime
Deadly Women examines cases of predatory women including Aileen Wuornos who shot and killed seven men in Florida over a period of two years, Dorothea Puente who killed and buried at least ... See full summary »
Director: John Mavety | Stars: Janis Amatuzio, Dawn Botkins, John Cabrera, Merle Cannonball
Votes: 24
34.
Deadly Women (2005)
Episode:
Revenge
(2005)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, Crime
Deadly Women examines cases of women driven to murder by revenge including Katherine Knight who kills and skins her husband in Australia, Blanche Taylor Moore who killed her loved ones with... See full summary »
Director: Chris Thorburn | Stars: Marsha Crenshaw, Patsy Clayton-Fry, Garry Baker, Richie Cotton
Votes: 5
35.
Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode:
Roena Ashing & Connie Keel
(2008)
42 min | Documentary
A cabdriver and her four accomplices kill a handicapped man and set fire to his home after he accuses her of stealing $500. A teenager who waited in the car while her husband and his cousin robbed a liquor store and killed the store clerk.
Director: Richard Swindell | Stars: Kay Bess, Roena Ashing, Loretta Ralph, Jeff Connor
Votes: 9
36.
The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode:
Sapphire
(1987)
Drama
A cushy 3-day clinic run at the luxurious Manning property seems like Chris and Kate's idea of heaven - until it becomes evident that someone is trying to poison the host.
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Liz Burch, Robert Grubb, Peter O'Brien, Lenore Smith
Votes: 5
37.
Femme Fatales (2011–2012)
Episode:
The Clinic
(2011)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Given only three months to live, an unsuspecting man is persuaded by his doctor and girlfriend to seek experimental treatment at a clinic in Mexico.
Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Daniel Bess, Stacy Stas Hurst, Robin Sydney, Tyson Turrou
Votes: 72
38.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Gift of Promise
(2011)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a retired MI5 official writes her best-selling memoirs, a chapter in her book about an unsolved IRA cold case causes consternation and ultimately several murders.
Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Matt Orton, Cherie Lunghi, Lucy Boynton, David Westhead
Votes: 338
39.
Bones (2005–2017)
Episode:
The Lady on the List
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man's body is found off a mountain cliff. He was a teacher who had terminal cancer and was trying to fulfill the items on his bucket list before he died. His friend helped him a bit too much. Booth and Brennan plan their wedding.
Director: Chad Lowe | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor
Votes: 465
40.
Elizabeth R (1971– )
Episode:
The Lion's Cub
(1971)
TV-14 | 85 min | Biography, Drama, History
The fragile succession heralds dangerous times for the young Princess Elizabeth. Having narrowly avoided implication in Sir Thomas Seymour's attempted abduction of her sickly half-brother, ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Daphne Slater, Ronald Hines, Rosalie Crutchley
Votes: 57
41.
Rederiet (1992–2002)
Episode:
Vinna eller försvinna
(1997)
Drama
Stars: Therese Akraka, Sara Alström, Bengt Bauler, Karin Bjurström
Votes: 7