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1. The Enforcer (1976)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 49,197 | Gross: $46.20M
2. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.
Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Al Waxman, Martin Kove
Votes: 5,057
3. Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, James Naughton, David Paymer
Votes: 253
4. Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama
Cagney and Lacey have to balance their personal demons with the needs of their latest case: the unsolved murder of a homeless man who spent most of his time harassing the residents of an upscale apartment building.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, James Naughton, David Paymer
Votes: 198
5. Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Grappling with personal issues as Mary Beth's estranged father reappears, and Christine becomes embroiled in city politics.
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, George Coe, Lynne Thigpen
Votes: 167
6. Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions (1996 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama
The two no nonsense female cops, Cagney and Lacey, investigate a murder and deal with their complicated private lives. One of them falls for the man who may be a suspect.
Director: Lynne Littman | Stars: Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, Michael Moriarty, Chip Zien
Votes: 161
7. Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles team up to solve crimes in Boston.
Stars: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges, Bruce McGill
Votes: 38,082
8. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 9,442
9. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum
Votes: 29,293
10. Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) is attacked on a train when she investigates the case of a missing passenger.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Ray Baker, Cliff Bemis, Keith David
Votes: 1,007
11. Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) puts her sleuthing skills to work at a writers' conference after Russian author Yuri Malenkovich (Duncan Regehr) is found murdered.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Richard Crenna, Robert Mailhouse, Kathryn Morris
Votes: 959
12. Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A disturbing link is made between Jessica Fletcher's (Dame Angela Lansbury's) family history and the death of a slave in the 1860s.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Phylicia Rashad, Michael Jace, David Ogden Stiers
Votes: 910
13. Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) travels to Ireland, where she becomes involved in a clue-driven hunt for secret treasure.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Fionnula Flanagan, Tegan West, Cyril O'Reilly
Votes: 1,228
14. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.
Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek
Votes: 125,183
15. Policewoman Centerfold (1983 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama
A policewoman recently divorced loses her job after she posed naked in a magazine's centerfold. Based on a true story.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Melody Anderson, Ed Marinaro, Greg Monaghan, Bert Remsen
Votes: 154
16. Police Academy (1984)
R | 96 min | Comedy
The mayor declares that anyone can enroll in the police academy irrespective of their physical condition or education level, and many misfits descend on the academy, including a young troublemaker who's forced to apply or go to jail.
Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith
Votes: 137,499 | Gross: $81.20M
17. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy
When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.
Directors: Jerry Paris, James Signorelli | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow
Votes: 59,239 | Gross: $55.60M
18. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
PG | 83 min | Comedy
The alumni of Commandant Lassard's Police Academy (1984) return to the school to train new recruits and prevent its closure.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow
Votes: 48,668 | Gross: $43.58M
19. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
The misfit Police Academy (1984) graduates now are assigned to train a group of civilian volunteers to fight crime once again plaguing the streets.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf
Votes: 45,778 | Gross: $28.06M
20. Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
The Police Academy's commandant will be honored at a police convention in Miami Beach. At the airport he picks a wrong bag with stolen diamonds. The "owners" want them back.
Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook
Votes: 38,395 | Gross: $4.24M
21. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
PG | 84 min | Comedy, Crime
Those bumbling cadets take to the streets when three inept goons successfully orchestrate a metropolitan crime wave.
Director: Peter Bonerz | Stars: Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook
Votes: 33,195 | Gross: $11.57M
22. Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
PG | 83 min | Comedy, Crime
The Russian government hires the veterans of the Police Academy (1984) to help deal with the Mafia.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: G.W. Bailey, George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf
Votes: 36,197 | Gross: $0.13M
23. What an Institution: The Story of Police Academy (2024)
Documentary | Post-production
A four-part documentary series on the legacy of Police Academy (1984) and its sequels. The Police Academy movies were a mainstay in the comedy genre of the 1980s and early 1990s, spawning six sequels and two television series.
Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Rene Auberjonois, Matt McCoy, Bobcat Goldthwait
24. Black Widow (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 11,023 | Gross: $25.21M
25. Betrayed (1988)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair
Votes: 7,017 | Gross: $25.82M
26. Raising Arizona (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman
Votes: 150,447 | Gross: $22.85M
27. Copycat (1995)
R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara
Votes: 65,988 | Gross: $32.05M
28. Stripped to Kill (1987)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When Detective Cody Sheehan discovers the body of a stripper from the Rock Bottom dance club, she wants the case. But the only way Cody can get the assignment is to go undercover - uncovered - at the club.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Kay Lenz, Greg Evigan, Norman Fell, Pia Kamakahi
Votes: 1,700
29. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 283,319 | Gross: $53.42M
30. RoboCop 2 (1990)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 93,221 | Gross: $45.68M
31. RoboCop 3 (1993)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Robocop saves the day once more. This time the half man/half robot takes on ruthless developers who want to evict some people on "their" land.
Director: Fred Dekker | Stars: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Mario Machado, Remy Ryan
Votes: 54,395 | Gross: $10.70M
32. Fatal Beauty (1987)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Rita is a tough narc cop with a wig for every occasion. Outside a drug heist scene with several bodies and a hardly cut fatal drug, Fatal Beauty, she finds a Kroll Construction van with a dead Kroll employee in it. Who is Kroll?
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades, Harris Yulin
Votes: 4,038 | Gross: $12.05M
33. Feds (1988)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Crime
While Ellie is strong, streetwise, practical, social but scholarly weak, Janis is the opposite and thus make ideal room and team mates at a tough 16 week FBI training course.
Director: Daniel Goldberg | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Mary Gross, Ken Marshall, Fred Thompson
Votes: 3,401 | Gross: $3.84M
34. Blue Steel (1990)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rookie in the police force must engage in a cat-and-mouse game with a pistol-wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña
Votes: 17,780 | Gross: $8.22M
35. Impulse (1990)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lottie is a vice cop in LA posing as a hooker and likes the action. She meets Stan, who's also single. He needs her for a major drug bust.
Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan Rosenberg
Votes: 1,493 | Gross: $2.54M
36. Mindhunter (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross
Votes: 336,433
37. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,549,266 | Gross: $130.74M
38. Clarice (2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A look at the personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Stars: Rebecca Breeds, Michael Cudlitz, Jayne Atkinson, Lucca De Oliveira
Votes: 11,204
39. Hannibal (2001)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Living in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta
Votes: 293,310 | Gross: $165.09M
40. True Detective (2014– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 657,095
41. Prime Suspect: Tennison (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Prime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.
Stars: Alun Armstrong, Andrew Brooke, Blake Harrison, Daniel Ezra
Votes: 3,676
42. Prime Suspect (1991)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Stars: Helen Mirren, John Benfield, Tom Bell, Craig Fairbrass
Votes: 9,238
43. Prime Suspect 2 (1992)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Colin Salmon, John Benfield, Jack Ellis
Votes: 4,110
44. Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Karen Tomlin, David Thewlis
Votes: 4,008
45. Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1995 TV Movie)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) orchestrates a search for an abducted baby, but events take a turn for the worse when personal emotions cause complications.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Beatie Edney, Robert Glenister, Lesley Sharp
Votes: 3,034
46. Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995 TV Movie)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A seemingly straightforward sex murder investigation by Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) leads to a hidden political scandal.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Thomas Russell, James Laurenson, Helene Kvale
Votes: 2,699
47. Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995 TV Movie)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A series of brutal sex murders disturbingly similar to the pattern of Superintendent Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) first major case leads to the awful suggestion that she may have caught the wrong man the first time.
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Helen Mirren, Pip Donaghy, Tim Woodward, Stephen Boxer
Votes: 2,669
48. Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (1996)
100 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Superintendent Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) investigates a seemingly straightforward drug murder that she believes is linked to a smugly smooth crime boss.
Stars: Helen Mirren, John Brobbey, Julia Lane, David O'Hara
Votes: 3,022
49. Prime Suspect: The Last Witness (2003)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) investigation of the murder of a Bosnian refugee leads her to one, or possibly two, Serbian war criminals determined to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Liam Cunningham, Oleg Menshikov, Ben Miles
Votes: 3,217
50. Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Approaching retirement, Jane Tennison investigates the murder of a missing girl. But the cracks soon begin to show as Jane struggles with an alcohol problem and her father's death.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Stephen Tompkinson, Laura Greenwood, Eve Best
Votes: 3,498
51. Rush (1991)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two small-town Texas cops go undercover to catch a major drug dealer and are sucked into the drug culture, compromising their assignment.
Director: Lili Fini Zanuck | Stars: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich
Votes: 9,897 | Gross: $7.24M
52. To Protect and Serve (1992)
R | 92 min | Action, Thriller
A team of corrupt L.A. cops who thrive on brutality and extortion is being murdered one by one. Two young cops, Egan and McAllister, are put on the case. As the body count rises, evidence points to Egan as the suspect.
Director: Eric Weston | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Lezlie Deane, Richard Romanus, Joe Cortese
Votes: 301
53. With Hostile Intent (1993 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
After police officer Miranda Berkley dumps her boyfriend, who's also her superior, she and her colleague Kathy Arnold constantly are harassed by their male co-workers. In everyday as well ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Mel Harris, Peter Onorati, Holland Taylor
Votes: 104
54. Demolition Man (1993)
R | 115 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
Director: Marco Brambilla | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne
Votes: 193,464 | Gross: $58.06M
55. Miss Congeniality (2000)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An F.B.I. Agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen
Votes: 230,473 | Gross: $106.81M
56. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Gracie Hart abandons the life of a field agent to become the public face of the FBI. Yet, when Cheryl Frasier and Stan Fields are kidnapped, she is determined to rescue them, along with her reluctant partner.
Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, William Shatner, Enrique Murciano
Votes: 80,311 | Gross: $48.48M
57. Murder by Numbers (2002)
R | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt
Votes: 62,426 | Gross: $31.95M
58. The Heat (I) (2013)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael McDonald, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir
Votes: 181,353 | Gross: $159.58M
59. The Happytime Murders (2018)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
Director: Brian Henson | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker
Votes: 30,384 | Gross: $20.71M
60. Untitled Boston Police Project
Drama | Announced
A woman becomes the first female police officer in Boston during a revolutionary time for the department in the 1970s.
Star: Melissa McCarthy
61. One of Her Own (1994 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama
Trainee police officer Toni Stroud (Loughlin) has just gotten her first report card from her superiors; straight A's. But a fellow officer has something else in mind, and asks to stay at ... See full summary »
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Lori Loughlin, Greg Evigan, Valerie Landsburg, Jeff Yagher
Votes: 319
62. Garage Sale Mysteries (2013–2020)
TV-G | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jennifer Shannon co-owns an antiques store with her best friend Danielle. Jen is also an amateur sleuth solving murders and other mysteries. Jen's store gets supplied by her attending garage sales, estate sales and yard sales.
Stars: Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, Steve Bacic, Eva Bourne
Votes: 1,017
63. Undercover Heat (1995 Video)
R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
A female cop goes undercover in a high price whorehouse to find a murderer and discovers she likes the assignment more than she should.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Athena Massey, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Meg Foster, Tom Tayback
Votes: 827
64. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 727,096 | Gross: $24.61M
65.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Crocodile's Dilemma
(2014)
TV-MA | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A ruthless, manipulative man meets a small-town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 16,614
66.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Rooster Prince
(2014)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Molly begins to suspect that Lester is involved in the murders, but her boss points her in a different direction. Meanwhile, Malvo investigates the plot against a man known as the Supermarket King.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 10,533
67.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
A Muddy Road
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Malvo flips the script on the blackmail operation. Molly sets a trap, and Gus debates whether he should come clean. Lester's return to work has complicated repercussions.
Director: Randall Einhorn | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 9,814
68.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
Eating the Blame
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Gus tries to right a wrong, Malvo embraces his alter ego. Lester finds himself in a surprising situation, and Molly uncovers a promising lead.
Director: Randall Einhorn | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 9,948
69.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Six Ungraspables
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Lester has a close call, Molly makes an unorthodox decision. Gus weighs some neighborly advice, and Malvo gets what he wants.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 9,102
70.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
Buridan's Ass
(2014)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Malvo executes his master plan, while Lester attempts to craft one of his own. Gus and Molly team up in Duluth.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 11,653
71.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
Who Shaves the Barber?
(2014)
TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Molly recuperates from her injury, while Malvo looks to dispatch a syndicate in Fargo. Lester continues his descent into darkness with the unfolding of his plan.
Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 9,495
72.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Heap
(2014)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Molly faces pressure to close the case, while Lester starts to feel like a new man.
Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 8,976
73.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage
(2014)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lester has an unexpected encounter, Malvo changes course, and a new investigation leads Molly down a familiar path.
Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 10,794
74.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
Morton's Fork
(2014)
TV-MA | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Molly takes the lead, while Gus pursues a hunch. Lester manipulates a situation, and Malvo finds a new target.
Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 11,450
75.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Law of Vacant Places
(2017)
TV-MA | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twisted sibling rivalry leads to murder, mobsters and cutthroat competitive bridge in a small Midwestern town.
Director: Noah Hawley | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Thewlis
Votes: 8,023
76.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Principle of Restricted Choice
(2017)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gloria deals with the aftermath of the crime, Varga makes a move, and Ray and Nikki move on to their next plan.
Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Goran Bogdan
Votes: 5,857
77.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Law of Non-Contradiction
(2017)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gloria revisits her stepfather's past to try and find some answers.
Director: John Cameron | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Thewlis
Votes: 6,229
78.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Narrow Escape Problem
(2017)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Emmit and Sy try to sort things out; Nikki and Ray track down some collateral; Gloria learns more about Maurice.
Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Goran Bogdan
Votes: 5,419
79.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The House of Special Purpose
(2017)
TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Nikki and Ray's retaliation has consequences for Emmit; Gloria and Winnie start connecting the dots.
Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Goran Bogdan
Votes: 5,205
80.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Lord of No Mercy
(2017)
TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gloria and Winnie get closer to the truth; Emmit tries to make things right; Nikki and Ray prepare for payback; Varga cleans up a mess.
Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Goran Bogdan
Votes: 5,313
81.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Law of Inevitability
(2017)
TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gloria tries to work around the system; Nikki finds herself in a familiar place; Varga comes up with an alternative plan; Emmit goes to dinner.
Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Goran Bogdan
Votes: 5,096
82.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
Who Rules the Land of Denial?
(2017)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Nikki struggles to survive; Emmit gets spooked; Sy joins Varga for tea.
Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Goran Bogdan
Votes: 6,283
83.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
Aporia
(2017)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Emmit sits down with Gloria; Nikki negotiates a deal.
Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Thewlis
Votes: 5,390
84.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
Somebody to Love
(2017)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gloria follows the money; Nikki plays a game; Emmit learns a lesson about progress from Varga.
Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Thewlis
Votes: 5,900
85. Cop Land (1997)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro
Votes: 106,447 | Gross: $44.89M
86. Big Trouble (2002)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
The lives of several Miami denizens, from ad agents to gunrunners to street thugs to law enforcement to school-children, intersect with humorous and dangerous results.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 21,661 | Gross: $7.26M
87. Out of Sight (1998)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn
Votes: 99,369 | Gross: $37.56M
88. Angel Eyes (2001)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A mysterious man is drawn to a feisty female police officer and an unusual relationship ensues, as not everything is as it seems.
Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto, Terrence Howard
Votes: 25,710 | Gross: $24.04M
89. Shades of Blue (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Harlee Santos, New York police officer and single mother, is forced to work in the F.B.I.'s anti-corruption task force while dealing with her own financial problems.
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Ray Liotta, Drea de Matteo, Dayo Okeniyi
Votes: 11,106
90. The Bone Collector (1999)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker
Votes: 185,082 | Gross: $66.52M
91. Taking Lives (2004)
R | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.
Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands
Votes: 95,333 | Gross: $32.68M
92. The Division (2001–2004)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Five female cops in San Francisco struggle with their personal and professional lives.
Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Nancy McKeon, Lisa Vidal, Jon Hamm
Votes: 593
93. Cold Case (2003–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she's assigned "cold cases," older crimes that have never been solved.
Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 31,516
94. Veronica Mars (2004–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After her best friend is murdered, and her father is removed as county Sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.
Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III
Votes: 78,119
95. Veronica Mars (2014)
PG-13 | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Years after walking away from her past as a young private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown, just in time for her high school reunion, in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.
Director: Rob Thomas | Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Christopher Lowell
Votes: 54,677 | Gross: $3.32M
96. Criminal Minds (2005– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.
Stars: Kirsten Vangsness, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 218,922
97. Twisted (I) (2004)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn
Votes: 23,115 | Gross: $25.20M
98. Mr. Brooks (2007)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.
Director: Bruce A. Evans | Stars: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, William Hurt, Dane Cook
Votes: 156,350 | Gross: $28.48M
99. Nancy Drew (2007)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Teen detective Nancy Drew accompanies her father on a business trip to Los Angeles, where she happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Emma Roberts, Tate Donovan, Max Thieriot, Craig Gellis
Votes: 21,552 | Gross: $25.61M
100. Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
PG-13 | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris
Votes: 51,325 | Gross: $20.18M
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