Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "arrested-by-the-police"

1. Moonwalker (1988)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Anthology movie by, and starring, Michael Jackson in his prime, combining a number of music videos from his bestselling "Bad" album with a fantasy tale of Michael's confrontation with a ruthless drug dealer known as Mr. Big.

Directors: Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield, Colin Chilvers | Stars: Michael Jackson, Joe Pesci, Sean Lennon, Kelley Parker

Votes: 18,244

2. SubUrbia (1996)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Steve Zahn, Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey

Votes: 10,669 | Gross: $0.73M

3. Addams Family Reunion (1998 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The Addams Family goes on a search for their relatives.

Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry, Nicole Fugere, Jerry Messing

Votes: 5,154

4. Priest (1994)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson

Votes: 11,039 | Gross: $4.18M

5. Scorned 2 (1997)

R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller

Amanda Foley has confusing nightmares and flashbacks that lead her to seek professional help. Nothing can shed light on her repressed memories, until she happens to catch her husband a ... See full summary »

Director: Rodney McDonald | Stars: Tane McClure, Andrew Stevens, Myles O'Brien, Alexander Keith

Votes: 544

6. Love Rites (1987)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery

Hugo, a vain clothing buyer, meets Myriam on a train and pursues a relationship with her. He is delighted to learn she is a prostitute and has no idea she has more in mind than Hugo bargained for.

Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Marina Pierro, Mathieu Carrière, Josy Bernard, Isabelle Tinard

Votes: 557

7. Hacker (I) (2016)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

With the help of his new friends Alex Danyliuk turns to a life of crime and identity theft.

Director: Akan Satayev | Stars: Callan McAuliffe, Lorraine Nicholson, Daniel Eric Gold, Clifton Collins Jr.

Votes: 11,313

8. Chico & Rita (2010)

Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

Directors: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba | Stars: Eman Xor Oña, Limara Meneses, Mario Guerra, Jon Adams

Votes: 9,692 | Gross: $0.35M

9. The Dark Past (1948)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

An escaped psychopathic killer who takes the family and neighbors of police psychologist hostage reveals a recurring nightmare to the doctor.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens

Votes: 2,146

10. Shoplifters of the World (2021)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.

Director: Stephen Kijak | Stars: Helena Howard, Ellar Coltrane, Elena Kampouris, Nick Krause

Votes: 1,087

11. Rom (2019)

79 min | Crime, Drama

Movie story revolves around the life, fate of street children, homeless, specializing in selling lottery results every afternoon.

Director: Tran Thanh Huy | Stars: Tran Anh Khoa, Anh Tu, Jayvee Mai The Hiep, Mai Tran

Votes: 635

12. Northwest (2013)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

18-year-old Caspar wants to reach the top, no matter what. He carries out small-time break-ins for Jamal, before moving on to work for big player Björn. All goes well, until Jamal's gang ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Lene Maria Christensen, Annemieke Bredahl Peppink

Votes: 4,308

13. Two of a Kind (1951)

Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A lawyer for a rich elderly industrialist works out a complex inheritance scam to pass off a con as the industrialist's long-lost son and claim the huge inheritance.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth Scott, Terry Moore, Alexander Knox

Votes: 809

14. Boomerang (1976)

100 min | Crime, Drama

Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison.

Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Dora Doll, Louis Julien

Votes: 672

15. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)

100 min | Music, Comedy

In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.

Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay

Votes: 626

16. One Sunday Afternoon (1933)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.

Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Frances Fuller, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 737

17. Love Tasting (2020)

84 min | Drama

A lively, modern and visually pleasing coming-of-age film in a small Polish town about four teenagers who think too much about themselves.

Director: Dawid Nickel | Stars: Mikolaj Matczak, Michal Sitnicki, Sandra Drzymalska, Nel Kaczmarek

Votes: 434

18. Maid's Night Out (1938)

Passed | 64 min | Romance, Comedy

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he mistakes for a maid.

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Allan Lane, Billy Gilbert, Cecil Kellaway

Votes: 467

19. Theoretically, an even much more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Challenged by phone by the Pro Bono Spy Hunter and his valet, The Boss travels to the year 2121, where the USSR won the Cold War. Caught spying, The Boss undergoes a subtle questioning technique that tortures him and his interrogator.

Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato

Votes: 6

20. Women from Headquarters (1950)

Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Joyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department. When her friend Ruby gets involved with petty crook Max Taylor, she refuses to listen to Joyce's ... See full summary »

Director: George Blair | Stars: Virginia Huston, Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller, Norman Budd

Votes: 53

21. María y los niños pobres (2010)

80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Due to different circumstances several kids work in the streets of La Paz (Bolivia). While a group of Catholic priests help them they are endangered by organ thieves and drug dealers. When ... See full summary »

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Sebastián Obermaier, Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato, Mauricio Aparicio

Votes: 23

22. Out of the Storm (1948)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young man with financial problems works in the payroll office of a factory. One payday the payroll office is held up by an armed gang, but they miss a sizable amount of money, and only ... See full summary »

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Marc Lawrence, Richard Travis

Votes: 39

23. Atravesando el Jordán (2020)

88 min | Drama

Jordan, a basketball-loving teenager trapped in vice and bad influences, meets Don Roberto, who will coach him not only in basketball, but spiritually too.

Director: Alan Nadal Piantini | Stars: Felix Aquino, Jonatán Chez, Max Cimarro, Tommy Espinal

Votes: 6

24. Les sacrifiés (1983)

In 1955, Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities. At the age of 27, he landed in the Algerian shantytown of Nanterre in France.

Director: Okacha Touita | Stars: Miloud Khetib, Sid Ali Kouiret, Djamel Allam, Patrick Chesnais

Votes: 29

25. Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
Episode: The Unseen (1997)

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Eduardo loses his proton gun and Kylie helps him find it, much to her chagrin since she'd rather be busting an eye-stealing demon which terrorizes the city.

Director: Tim Eldred | Stars: Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, Jason Marsden, Pat Musick

Votes: 44

26. What a Cartoon! (1995–2002)
Episode: The Powerpuff Girls: Crime 101 (1996)

TV-Y | Animation, Short, Action

The Amoeba Boys want to be "bad guys" but they so don't know how. So they ask the Powerpuff Girls to show them.

Director: Craig McCracken | Stars: Cathy Cavadini, Kath Soucie, Elizabeth Daily, Ernie Anderson

Votes: 68

27. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
Episode: SpongeBob Meets the Strangler/Pranks a Lot (2004)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Spongebob unknowingly snitches on a notorious strangler, who vows revenge. Later, Spongebob and Patrick prank the whole town by pretending to be ghosts.

Directors: Paul Tibbitt, C.H. Greenblatt | Stars: Lori Alan, Dee Bradley Baker, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass

Votes: 1,204

28. Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode: Waterworks (2022)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama

The stakes are raised when a discovery is made that will send shockwaves far and wide.

Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Pat Healy, Tina Parker

Votes: 28,339

29. Klassen SVT (2017– )
Episode: Stölden, del 1 (2018)

Drama

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Director: Amelie Nörgaard | Stars: Ainhoa Oviedo-Silva, Selma Tångefjord Ryme, Carlos Fernando, Julia Törnberg

30. Ochránce (2021– )
Episode: Vrazda vychovatelky (2021)

64 min | Drama

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Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Lukás Vaculík, Vanda Hybnerová, Vasil Fridrich, Tomás Mrvík

Votes: 18

31. Ochránce (2021– )
Episode: Tichá dohoda (2021)

68 min | Drama

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Director: Tereza Kopácová | Stars: Lukás Vaculík, Iveta Dusková, Pavel Reznícek, Jaroslav Plesl

Votes: 17

32. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Monster (2022)

Documentary, Crime

Investigators in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hunt for a serial murderer who carefully carves up and cuts the bodies of his victims after death.

Director: Chris Rowe | Stars: Mark Sturges, Max Schiele, Todd Morris, Bryan White

Votes: 10

33. Look and Read (1967–2004)
Episode: Captain Crimson: Part 3 - Banana Drama! (1997)

Drama, Family, Fantasy

Thomas, Amy, Whizz and the Captain are hostages in a bank robbery. Meanwhile, Jeff writes a poem for Gina.

Director: Cas Lester | Stars: Thea Bennett, Paul Bigley, Ben Brooks, Paul Cawley