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1. The Mob (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Johnny Damico botches a murder case and is suspended from the force. In reality, he is put undercover to identify the mysterious boss of the NY waterfront who has murdered everyone in his way. Will Johnny be next in line?
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett
Votes: 2,639
2. One Day in September (1999)
R | 94 min | Documentary, History, Sport
The Palestinian terrorist group Black September holds Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour
Votes: 6,247 | Gross: $0.16M
3. Madigan (1968)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino
Votes: 4,082
4. Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis (2022)
TV-MA | 91 min | Documentary, Crime
In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German and Dutch police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends badly.
Director: Volker Heise | Stars: Dieter Degowski, Hans-Jürgen Rösner
Votes: 3,048
5. Unseen (II) (2016)
75 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of a known sex offender. With access to the surviving victims, Unseen looks into how the murders of those women went unnoticed for so long.
Director: Laura Paglin | Stars: Vanessa Gay, Latundra Billups, Shawn Morris, Melvette Sockwell
Votes: 1,197
6. Hillsborough (2016 TV Movie)
121 min | Documentary
Hillsborough is an in-depth, moving account of Britain's worst sporting disaster, in which 96 men, women and children were killed, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. Beginning with... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: William Bale, Margaret Aspinall, David Duckenfield, Tony Evans
Votes: 546
7. Hillsborough (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, History, Sport
A number of grieving families in the UK struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, in which 95 football fans were crushed to death.
Director: Charles McDougall | Stars: Tracey Wilkinson, Kevin Knapman, Mark Womack, Sarah Graham
Votes: 930
8. Murder in the Badlands (2022)
58 min | Documentary, Crime
Examines the unsolved murders of four women over four decades in Northern Ireland.
Stars: Jason Murphy, Susan McKay
Votes: 118
9. The Betrayed Girls (2017 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
About the child abuse revelations in Rochdale and other towns. Featuring the testimony of victims and the shocking truth from those who spoke out.
Director: Henry Singer | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Ann Cryer, Andrew Norfolk, Mohammed Shafiq
Votes: 32
10. Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Ischac Hiskiya, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak
Votes: 449 | Gross: $0.03M
11. Vera Brühne (2001 TV Movie)
286 min | Drama, Crime
Two-part movie focusing on one of Germany's most controversial murder trials after World War II. In spring 1960, Dr. Dietrich Schwarz and his housekeeper Elisabeth Huhn are killed cruelly ... See full summary »
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrich Noethen, Hans Werner Meyer
Votes: 180
12. Grooming Gangs: Britain's Shame (2023 TV Special)
60 min | Documentary
GB News's first investigative documentary focuses on the grooming of mainly underage white girls by men of mainly Pakistani heritage across England, and why the police and authorities have allowed such a big cover up for so long.
Stars: Charlie Peters, Elisabeth, Emily, Jack
Votes: 16
13. Murdered: The Baby on the Beach (2023 TV Special)
Documentary, Crime
Investigating the "Kerry babies" case - the events that unfolded when a murdered baby was found in rural Kerry, Ireland in 1984.
Directors: David Harvey, Daniel Browne | Stars: Ger Colleran, Diarmaid Ferriter, Gerry O'Carroll, Ailbhe Smyth
Votes: 33
14. Hanau - Eine Nacht und ihre Folgen (2021)
46 min | Documentary
The murderer-assassin came from the neighborhood: On February 19, 2020, he shot and killed nine young people for racist motives. Survivors and relatives report how they experienced the ... See full summary »
Director: Marcin Wierzchowski | Stars: Gergana Muskalla, Filip Goman, Çetin Gültekin, Emis Gürbüz
Votes: 13
16. Gladbeck Hostage Drama (1988 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
A hostage-taking crisis that happened in August 1988 after an armed bank raid in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. Two men with prior criminal records, went on the run for two days through Germany and the Netherlands.
Director: Michael Hirz | Stars: Holger Arndt, Silke Bischoff, Dieter Degowski, Ines Falk
17. Tod und Spiele - München '72 (2022– )
185 min | Documentary
This documentary series depicts the terrorist attack during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. It makes the continuing Middle East conflict tangible and shows that the wounds of the victims' families have still not healed.
Stars: Gerald Seymour, Shaul Ladany, Shlomit Nir, Esther Roth-Shahamorov
Votes: 76
18. Wettlauf mit dem Tod - Das Geiseldrama von Gladbeck (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Crime
In August 1988, Hans-Jürgen Rösner and Dieter Degowski robbed a bank in Gladbeck. When the robbery fails, they take two hostages.
Director: Geronimo Beckers | Stars: Gernot Schmidt, Cornelius Schwalm, Dagmar Sachse, René Heinersdorff
Votes: 9
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Höllental (2021)
Episode:
Der Einspruch
(2021)
48 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Lawyer Michael Euler and Gudrun Rödel - legal in charge of Ulvi Kulac - examine the case meticulously and come to the conclusion that Kulac is innocent and could not have killed Peggy. They... See full summary »
Director: Marie Wilke | Stars: Uwe Ritzer, Rainer Maier, Michael Euler, Norbert Rank
Votes: 14
20.
Höllental (2021)
Episode:
Die Spuren
(2021)
48 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
After Ulvi Kulac's acquittal in the retrial, the case is open again. The investigators and some journalists are following up on leads that point to new suspects. In 2016 something happened ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Wilke | Stars: Christoph Lemmer, Otto Lapp, Rainer Maier, Hanno Neustadt
Votes: 13
21.
Höllental (2021)
Episode:
Kein Ende
(2021)
42 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
After Peggy's body were discovered in a forest, the investigators meticulously evaluate the traces of the site for almost two years. Finally, the Bayreuth public prosecutor announced that ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Wilke | Stars: Otto Lapp, Hanno Neustadt, Rainer Maier, Gudrun Rödel
Votes: 14