Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fake-murder"

1. F/X (1986)

R | 109 min | Action, Thriller

A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young

Votes: 22,226 | Gross: $20.60M

2. Cry Wolf (2005)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.

Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Erica Yates

Votes: 28,528 | Gross: $10.05M

3. Confidence (2003)

R | 97 min | Crime, Thriller

Jake Vig is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss and his enforcer.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia

Votes: 35,352 | Gross: $12.21M

4. Cut Bank (2014)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young man's life is unraveled after witnessing a murder that he filmed in his rural town of Cut Bank.

Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, Bruce Dern, John Malkovich, Joyce Robbins

Votes: 13,848

5. Cookie's Fortune (1999)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell

Votes: 13,826 | Gross: $10.92M

6. Taboo (2002)

R | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

While staying at a secluded mansion, six young adults reveal their personal demons during an innocent game called Taboo. They reunite a year later, only to realize that one of them wants them dead for their moral transgressions.

Director: Max Makowski | Stars: Nick Stahl, Eddie Kaye Thomas, January Jones, Lori Heuring

Votes: 1,954

7. 99 River Street (1953)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen

Votes: 3,439

8. Stranger Within (2013 Video)

R | 90 min | Thriller

An acclaimed actress and her psychiatrist husband escape on a relaxing vacation but on the first night, they meet a young girl with blood on her hands and a penchant for mind games.

Director: Adam Neutzsky-Wulff | Stars: William Baldwin, Estella Warren, Sarah Butler, Jeffrey Pierce

Votes: 2,244

9. Charlie Chan's Secret (1935)

Passed | 72 min | Mystery

The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered.

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley, Henrietta Crosman

Votes: 1,756

10. King of the Rocket Men (1949)

Passed | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jeff King in his experimental rocket suit battles the evil Dr. Vulcan.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr.

Votes: 965

11. The Strange Door (1951)

Approved | 81 min | Horror, Thriller

Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley

Votes: 1,259

12. The Last Drop (2006)

R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Different factions in World War II Holland race to find a stash of German gold.

Director: Colin Teague | Stars: Laurence Fox, Louis Dempsey, Lucy Gaskell, Coral Beed

Votes: 2,644

13. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain-dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish

Votes: 585

14. The Crooked Web (1955)

Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Government agent tries to trick a suspect into returning to Germany, the scene of his crimes.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning, John Mylong

Votes: 511

15. Shadows in the Storm (1988)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A married man suffering from midlife crisis obsesses over a girl from his romantic fantasy. He meets her exact duplicate on vacation and helps her get rid of her abusive husband. They run off together but a caller starts blackmailing him.

Director: Terrell Tannen | Stars: Ned Beatty, Mia Sara, Michael Madsen, Donna Mitchell

Votes: 253

16. The Graveyard (2006 Video)

R | 83 min | Horror

Some people are willing to die for their friends. How many would die at their hands? Unleash the horror in this terrifying tale of seven friends reuniting at a graveyard to honor the memory of their fallen friend.

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Christopher Stewart, Sam Bologna, Trish Coren, Eva Derrek

Votes: 886

17. The Art of Murder (1999)

R | 100 min | Thriller

An abused wife (Joanna Pacula) turns to another man and becomes the victim of a blackmailer.

Director: Ruben Preuss | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Joanna Pacula, Boyd Kestner, Peter Onorati

Votes: 258

18. Shell Game (1975 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Adventure

A convicted con artist sets out to expose the head of a charity fund who has been embezzling money to cover his huge gambling losses.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: John Davidson, Tom Atkins, Robert Sampson, Maria O'Brien

Votes: 70

19. Brett Gelman's Dinner in America (2016 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 22 min | Drama, Horror

Brett Gelman invites four African-American panelists to discuss racism in the United States.

Director: Jason Woliner | Stars: Brett Gelman, Shareeka Epps, Joe Morton, Lance Reddick

Votes: 92

20. The Circus Queen Murder (1933)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Suave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a ... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook, Greta Nissen, Ruthelma Stevens

Votes: 334

21. De giriga (1992 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime, Thriller

Roland Hassel is chasing a criminal who deals with stolen luxury cars and narcotics.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Lars-Erik Berenett, Björn Gedda, Allan Svensson, Robert Sjöblom

Votes: 131

22. The Man Beneath (I) (1919)

58 min | Crime, Drama

The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister Mary is engaged to Ashutor's college ... See full summary »

Director: William Worthington | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Helen Jerome Eddy, Pauline Curley, John Gilbert

Votes: 57

23. Le mort en fuite (1936)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two third-rate thespians feign a murder to make the headlines.Their subterfuge backfires on them and both are sentenced to death.

Director: André Berthomieu | Stars: Jules Berry, Michel Simon, Marie Glory, Fernande Albany

Votes: 165

24. Möte i natten (1946)

87 min | Thriller, Crime

A journalist is writing a critical article about the prison service in Sweden. The magazine's editor in chief does not agree with him and removes the article. The journalist then plans to ... See full summary »

Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Hasse Ekman, Eva Dahlbeck, Ulf Palme, Tord Bernheim

Votes: 83

25. How the Hells Angels Actually Works (2023 Video)

21 min | Documentary, Short, Crime

Retired ATF agent Jay Dobyns discusses the years he worked as an undercover investigator who infiltrated the Hells Angels, an outlaw motorcycle gang, from 2001 to 2003 as part of Operation ... See full summary »

Star: Jay Dobyns

26. Someone at the Door (1936)

75 min | Comedy, Thriller

A penniless brother and sister move back into their childhood home, a rundown country manor. Their plans to launch his journalistic career by faking her murder go awry when they fall foul ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Aileen Marson, Billy Milton, Noah Beery, John Irwin

Votes: 42

27. O diavolos kai i oura tou (1962)

89 min | Comedy, Romance

A jealous wife is convinced that her husband is a shameless adulterer, while he, too, thinks that she is having an affair. Both will go to great lengths to get their relationship back on track; however, can they save their marriage?

Director: Stelios Zografakis | Stars: Andreas Barkoulis, Martha Karagianni, Giannis Gionakis, Dina Trianti

Votes: 22

28. Hui yan shi ying xiong (1982)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Yang-Ming Tsai | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Kuan-Hsiung Wang, Chun-Hsiung Ko, Hui-Shan Yang

Votes: 9

29. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: Blood Bargain (1963)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Racketeer Harney gives Derry a contract to hit Breech, whose wife Connie is a paraplegic. Derry meets Connie, helping her to play a bar jukebox. Sympathizing with Connie, Derry decides, for... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Kiley, Richard Long, Anne Francis

Votes: 375

30. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Murder Party (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wealthy shady businessman is poisoned during his birthday party at his mansion. The main suspects are four of the people closest to him and they all had very good reasons to want him dead. Darkly comical plot twists ensue.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, David McCallum, Leigh Taylor-Young, David Hemblen

Votes: 97

31. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: There Was a Little Girl... (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Young unscrupulous seductress tries to seduce and murder her rich stepfather but her mother has a different plan.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Tucker, Kate Vernon, Wanda Cannon

Votes: 130

32. The Dead Zone (2002–2007)
Episode: Looking Glass (2004)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Two law students fear Johnny's powers are the ultimate invasion of privacy and decide to prove that his visions can be wrong. But Johnny discovers he might have been right after all.

Director: James Head | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams

Votes: 136

33. Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
Episode: Make Peace Not War (1985)

45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dempsey takes the place of American hit-man Schwartz to infiltrate a gang of drug dealers who lacing T-shirts with heroin. Little does he suspect that their main contact, Lei Shan carries a... See full summary »

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, William Boyde

Votes: 55

34. The Felony Squad (1966–1969)
Episode: No Sad Songs for Charlie (1967)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Ex-cop Charlie Murdock asks Sam and Jim to pay a visit to his boat. They're horrified to see the boat explode with Charlie aboard. A subsequent investigation reveals that he was doing some ... See full summary »

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Howard Duff, Ben Alexander, Dennis Cole, Simon Oakland

Votes: 11

35. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Performance (1995)

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

The discovery of a fake pornographic "snuff tape" leads detectives to a high school gang and an alleged points-for-sex contest.

Director: Martha Mitchell | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 316

36. McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode: Cop of the Year (1972)

TV-PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sergeant Enright's abusive ex-wife is shot while locked in a room alone with him, and the bullet that kills her came from his gun--a weapon he was holding at the time of the shooting.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker

Votes: 133

37. Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode: It Takes a Heap o' Dyin' (1961)

60 min | Crime, Drama

The Palmers, a recently married couple, buy a mansion for back taxes and soon find themselves beset by strange neighbors, intruders and mysterious bumps in the night. When a large trunk ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Lang | Stars: Richard Denning, Margie Regan, Richard Banke, Jack Ging

38. Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode: The Boat Caper (1961)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Arnold Wills is actually happy when his hated business partner is killed by an explosion outside a marina, so it comes as no surprise to any of his friends when the police arrest his for ... See full summary »

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Richard Denning, Margie Regan, Herbert Rudley, Meade Martin

Votes: 10

39. Miracles (2003)
Episode: Saint Debbie (2003)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After a small town woman survives getting her throat slit in a failed diner robbery, the group investigates whether a miracle has occurred.

Director: Lawrence Trilling | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfadyen, Marisa Ramirez, Hector Elizondo

Votes: 58

40. Mission: Impossible (1988–1990)
Episode: The Haunting (1989)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime

The team must trick a psychotic playboy, Champ Foster, into admitting the murder of his date, the daughter of an influence Arab prince, and Champ's protective mother, who believes in mediums, could be their way into his inner circle.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Antony Hamilton, Phil Morris

Votes: 57

41. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: The Theft of the Royal Ruby (1991)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Poirot reluctantly agrees to help an Egyptian prince recover a valuable royal ruby that was brazenly stolen from him during the Christmas holidays.

Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Frederick Treves, Stephanie Cole, David Howey

Votes: 1,421

42. Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
Episode: Terror (1953)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Lt. Weigand and the Norths become trapped in the rural home of Dr. Arno, a physician treating a homicidal maniac who's hiding somewhere in the house. The group stages a fake murder scene, ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Francis De Sales, Lowell Gilmore

Votes: 24

43. South Park (1997– )
Episode: Mystery of the Urinal Deuce (2006)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Kyle sets out to prove that 9/11 wasn't a government conspiracy, and actually uncovers a government conspiracy to create a conspiracy.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, Kyle McCulloch

Votes: 3,131

44. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Murder in Provins (2019)

86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A real dagger - not a prop - Is used against the director of a medieval theater troupe.

Director: Olivier Doran | Stars: Thierry Neuvic, Anne Caillon, Gil Alma, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié

Votes: 89

45. KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (2007–2010)
Episode: Chancen, Teil 1 (2010)

44 min | Crime

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Director: Christian Zübert | Stars: Götz Schubert, Saskia Vester, Manfred Zapatka, Barnaby Metschurat

Votes: 19

46. Saving Grace (2007–2010)
Episode: Popcorn (2009)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

When Grace's informant tips her to a dead body, the MCU investigates a case that gets stranger with every turn. Rhetta struggles over whether she can trust Ronnie. Johnny tells Grace he insists on meeting Earl.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase

Votes: 99

47. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: G.O. (2011)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A mild-mannered accountant claims that he is being framed for murder, and a deeper look into the evidence proves that he may be right.

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Robert Parks-Valletta, Jonathan Togo

Votes: 285

48. Law & Order: UK (2009–2014)
Episode: Line Up (2011)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder enquiry is launched when a concerned citizen alerts the police to a shocking video spreading like wildfire on the web.

Director: Marisol Adler | Stars: Bradley Walsh, Paul Nicholls, Harriet Walter, Dominic Rowan

Votes: 93

49. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: The Crimson Hat (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After leaving the CBI, Patrick appears to be down and out in Las Vegas. But it is really part of his master plan to make Red John think he has given up on trying to catch him.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 2,220

50. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: The Lives of Others (2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Castle is home, mostly alone, in a wheelchair after a skiing accident, bored out of his wits just before his birthday. After a while, he actually picks up a pair of binoculars Alexis gave ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,957