Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "forensic-pathologist"

1. Silent Witness (1996– )

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

Stars: Emilia Fox, David Caves, William Gaminara, Tom Ward

Votes: 12,828

2. 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: 38,268

3. Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Brash, stubborn and resourceful ME Jordan Cavanaugh revives her career in Boston, occasionally breaking the rules and ticking off the cops or her co-workers. On the home front, she gets crime-solving help from her retired-cop dad.

Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor, Steve Valentine

Votes: 12,333

4. Harrow (2018–2021)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Harrow tells the story of Dr. Daniel Harrow, a forensic pathologist with a total disregard for authority.

Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Darren Gilshenan, Damien Garvey, Ella Newton

Votes: 10,296

5. The Chalk Line (2022)

106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A couple temporarily adopts a young girl that they found wandering around alone in the high road.

Director: Ignacio Tatay | Stars: Elena Anaya, Pablo Molinero, Eva Tennear, Eva Llorach

Votes: 10,452

6. Balthazar (2018–2023)

TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Thriller

Facing a series of complex murder cases, new police commander Hélène Bach must learn to work with the brilliant yet exasperating Raphaël, who can make the dead speak like no-one else.

Stars: Tomer Sisley, Yannig Samot, Philypa Phoenix, Côme Levin

Votes: 2,382

7. Blacula (1972)

PG | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance

An 18th-century African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula, finds himself in modern-day Los Angeles.

Director: William Crain | Stars: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Thalmus Rasulala

Votes: 7,916 | Gross: $3.00M

8. Batman Unburied (2022 Podcast Series)

22 min | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy

Bruce Wayne, forensic pathologist, is tasked with examining the victims of Gotham City's latest serial killer, The Harvester. Wayne has to face his own mental demons in order to save the citizens of Gotham from The Harvester.

Stars: Jason Isaacs, Winston Duke, Lance Reddick, Gina Rodriguez

Votes: 776

9. Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2014– )

45 min | Documentary, Biography

A forensic pathologist (currently Dr. Michael Hunter) analyzes the official autopsy reports of various celebrities to determine their cause of death.

Stars: Michael Hunter, Eric Meyers, Linda Papadopoulos, Iain Glen

Votes: 838

10. Autopsy (1975)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young pathology doctor interning in a morgue tries to cope with a wave of suicides. A woman she just met kills herself, but she suspects someone close to her might have killed her.

Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Mimsy Farmer, Barry Primus, Ray Lovelock, Carlo Cataneo

Votes: 1,980

11. Murder Call (1997–2000)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller

Centers on homicide detective odd couple, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Shot in Sydney, Australia, the show was known for portraying gripping crime drama, while displaying the grittier side of urban Sydney.

Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott

Votes: 488

12. Cadaver (2022)

123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A high profile murder baffles the cops when a prison inmate claims responsibility and promises more deaths. Will the police surgeon Bhadra crack this mystery?

Director: Anoop Panicker | Stars: Amala Paul, Riythvika Panneerselvam, Munishkanth, Harish Uthaman

Votes: 3,655

13. McCallum (1995–1998)

TV-MA | 120 min | Drama

From deep within the morgue at St. Patrick's Hospital in London's East End, Dr. Iain McCallum and Dr. Angela Moloney along with a team of brilliant pathologists and detectives help the dead tell their stories.

Stars: Gerard Murphy, James Saxon, Richard O'Callaghan, Alex Walkinshaw

Votes: 609

14. Cut Off (2018)

132 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Lars Eidinger, Fahri Yardim

Votes: 7,707

15. The Skull (1965)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Thriller

A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Peter Cushing, Patrick Wymark, Christopher Lee, Jill Bennett

Votes: 3,602

16. Bodies at Rest (2019)

94 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Working in the morgue, a hardworking forensics expert and his assistant are suddenly accosted by masked intruders who demand access to a body involved in a recent crime.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Nick Cheung, Richie Jen, Zi Yang, Carlos Chan

Votes: 991

17. The Jigsaw Murders (1989)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A dedicated middle-aged cop must find the serial killer that preys on erotic models before his estranged daughter who's also in the photo shoot business becomes the killer's next victim.

Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Chad Everett, Michelle Johnson, Michael Sabatino, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 329

18. Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002)

Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller

A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots revenge on those who tried to kill him.

Director: Paul Cade | Stars: Dana Ashbrook, Kelly Rutherford, Roy Scheider, Robert Patrick

Votes: 635

19. Deep Water: The Real Story (2016)

87 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Up to 80 murders, 30 unsolved cases, thousands of assaults. In the 1980s and 1990s a murderous epidemic grips Sydney. The attackers are united by contempt. Their targets united by their ... See full summary »

Director: Amanda Blue | Stars: David McMahon, Sue Thompson, Peter Russell, Ted Russell

Votes: 152

20. Crosscurrent (1971 TV Movie)

96 min | Crime, Drama

Police procedural film about two San Francisco homicide detectives investigating a high-profile murder.

Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Robert Hooks, Jeremy Slate, Robert Wagner, Carol Lynley

Votes: 67

21. Keys (1994 TV Movie)

93 min | Crime, Drama

A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.

Director: John Sacret Young | Stars: Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, Brett Cullen, Ralph Waite

Votes: 96

22. Reasonable Doubt: The Single-Bullet Theory and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1988)

51 min | Documentary, Crime, History

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Director: Chip Selby | Stars: Mike Buchanan, Robert J. Groden, Robert R. Shaw, Cyril H. Wecht

Votes: 21

23. Autopsy: Through the Eyes of Death's Detectives (1999 Video)

53 min | Documentary

A documentary that shows what coroners and forensic pathologists really do, and who they really are.

Votes: 29

24. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Breaking Glass: Part 1 (2003)

TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The CCS is alerted to sexual abuse of young boys in care homes. The team race to identify the murderer before his vengeful victims reach him.

Director: David Thacker | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose

Votes: 140

25. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Multistorey: Part 1 (2003)

TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Boyd has to battle his demons when the case against a mass murderer, who killed his close friend, is reopened.

Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose

Votes: 177

26. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Undertaken (2006)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

A funeral handyman is found dead underneath a parked car in Paterson, New Jersey. Although a medical examiner rules the death an accident, three years of investigation and a second autopsy prove it was murder.

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Jovis DePognon, Richard Falcone, Diane Haines

Votes: 73

27. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: They Seek Him Here (2007)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A film about the French Revolution is made in Midsomer. People lose their head in the guillotine, and it's not a film trick.

Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson

Votes: 738

28. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode: Death Investigations (2019)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

[HBO] HD. Main story: America's system for conducting death investigations is a mess; plus, a look at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Directors: Paul Pennolino, Christopher Werner | Stars: Glenn Close, David Kaye, Tracy Morgan, John Oliver

Votes: 286

29. Charité (2017– )
Episode: Eiserne Lunge (2021)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

East Berlin in the summer of 1961: Dr. Ella Wendt is transferred from Senftenberg to the Charité to ensure health care. Doctors and nursing staff are leaving the GDR en masse for West Berlin.

Director: Christine Hartmann | Stars: Nina Gummich, Nina Kunzendorf, Philipp Hochmair, Franz Hartwig

Votes: 87

30. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Small Mercies (2009)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The body of a local troublemaker and lady's man is found dead in the model village which is the chief tourist attraction of Little Worthy.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson

Votes: 832

31. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Episode: The Autopsy (2022)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A seasoned sheriff investigates a dead body in the woods and calls on an old pal, a medical examiner, to help piece together a series of chilling events.

Director: David Prior | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Glynn Turman, Luke Roberts, Dan Beirne

Votes: 14,400

32. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Ensimmäinen murhani (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

MY FIRST MURDER Maria Kallio accepts a temporary position as the leader of the murder squad. The first murder investigation is complicated by the fact that Maria remotely knows Antti Sarkela, who is suspected of murder.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 25

33. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Harmin paikka (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

IT'S A SHAME While investigating the murder of a young strangled female doctor with her colleague Koivu, Maria Kallio notices how well she gets along with him.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 20

34. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Kuparisydän (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

COPPER HEART Maria investigates the murder of the chief geologist at a mining company opening event. Maria accepts a permanent position as the leader of the murder squad and moves to her cottage.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 17

35. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Minne tytöt kadonneet (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GIRLS GONE Maria immerses herself in work as she investigates the murder of a young girl from an immigrant family and tracks down a nationalist extremist group. Antti wants to move in with her.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 16

36. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Rivo Satakieli (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

INDECENT NIGHTINGALE Maria investigates the murder of a poisoned prostitute on live TV. During an arrest, Maria shoots the main perpetrator of sex trafficking who is also the murder suspect. Maria relies on Koivu to survive the killing.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 15

37. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Viattomuuden loppu (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

THE END OF INNOCENCE A female abuser released from prison is found dead and Maria traces a perp who is uploading photos of children the Internet. Her job gets to her, and Maria has to weigh her own ability to continue in the murder squad.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 15

38. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Väärän jäljillä (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

WILD GOOSE CHASE A sports boss suffocates in sports gala. As Maria and Koivu investigate the murder, they get a lead on a gym keeper who sells doping. With their cooperation going smoothly, Maria and Koivu grow closer.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 14

39. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Surunpotku (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

SORROW KICKS IN Maria and Koivu investigate the murder of an antique dealer stabbed in Hanko. When Koivu is in mortal danger when capturing a murder suspect, Maria realizes how much he means to her.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 14

40. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Turmanluoti (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

THE BULLETIN The brutal murder of Antti's research colleague makes Maria realize that the target of the murder was Antti. Does Maria have time to catch the killer before the killer succeeds in revenge?

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 13

41. Maria Kallio (2021– )
Episode: Rautakolmio (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama

IRON TRIANGLE The preacher of a spiritual community is found dead and in order to solve the murder, Maria needs the help of Koivu's new girlfriend, who works in the financial crimes unit. Maria is jealous, but does not admit it to herself.

Director: Jojo Erholtz | Stars: Elena Leeve, Leo Sjöman, Markus Järvenpää, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 15

42. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Pressed for Crime (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

A killer drives off in his victim's car after the crime. Forensic scientists match an iron found in the car to some broken pieces of plastic found near the victim's body.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Heather Stigliano, Susan Wright, Victor Stigliano

Votes: 74

43. History Cold Case (2010– )
Episode: The Bodies in the Well (2011)

59 min | Documentary

The bodies of 17 people, including 11 children, were found in a medieval well in Norwich, England, in 2004. All evidence points to a horrific crime.

Director: Mike Taylor | Stars: Stephen Mangan, Brian Ayers, Ian Barnes, Sue Black

Votes: 15

44. Chemistry of Death (2023– )
Episode: Fallen Angel (2023)

44 min | Crime, Thriller

When a body is found in the woods, the police call on local doctor and forensic anthropologist, Dr David Hunter, for assistance. The stakes get even higher when a second woman goes missing ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Clark | Stars: Harry Treadaway, Samuel Anderson, Jefferson Hall, Jeanne Goursaud

Votes: 243

45. Chemistry of Death (2023– )
Episode: Only 48 Hours (2023)

41 min | Crime, Thriller

The investigation becomes more complicated when another, older, set of remains are discovered in the woods by police. When someone he cares for is threatened, Dr David Hunter has to use all... See full summary »

Director: Richard Clark | Stars: Harry Treadaway, Samuel Anderson, Jefferson Hall, Jeanne Goursaud

Votes: 203

46. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: All Wet (2003)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

A woman's death in Pennsylvania triggers a homicide investigation into another woman's death in North Carolina. The similarities in the two cases are shocking, and medical examiners must ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Tim Boczkowski, Sandy Boczkowski, Randy Boczkowski

Votes: 93

47. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Prints Among Thieves (2005)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not really unexpected; he showed off his wealth and cared little for personal security. The evidence at the crime seemed to lean towards robbery, ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Gene Adkins, Trace Christenson, Joyce DeJong

Votes: 78

48. Files of the Unexplained (2024– )
Episode: File: Floating Feet of Salish Sea (2024)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

In recent history, a bizarre mystery has rattled beachcombers and investigators alike: Why are severed feet being found on the shores of the Salish Sea?

Stars: Michael Slade, Parker MacCready, Charlotte Stephens, Mark Stephens

Votes: 71

49. Myth Hunters (2012– )
Episode: The Relics of Joan of Arc (2014)

Documentary, Biography, History

Forensic expert Philippe Charlier tries to uncover the truth behind the remains found in a Paris pharmacy in 1867, which the Church have accepted are the relics of Saint Joan of Arc. Is there any evidence to prove they are?

Director: Jo Locke | Stars: Philippe Charlier, Jean-Michel Duriez, Christophe Moulherat, Joël Poupon

Votes: 16

50. Carter (2018–2019)
Episode: Koji the Killer (2018)

TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

TV detective Harley Carter returns to his hometown of North Bay and teams up with his two childhood friends to solve a murder mystery and clear the name of his caretaker who has prematurely admitted to committing a crime he did not commit.

Director: Scott Smith | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Kristian Bruun, Brenda Kamino

Votes: 159