Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "asking-to-be-killed"

1. Knock at the Cabin (2023)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird

Votes: 115,370

2. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,473 | Gross: $37.76M

3. Flash Gordon (1980)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol

Votes: 61,531

4. Peter Pan (2003)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

The Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams, Lynn Redgrave

Votes: 80,178 | Gross: $48.46M

5. Leap Year (2010)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

Laura's personal life consists of one affair after another. She meets Arturo and the pair enter into an intense, violent sexual relationship. As days go by, Laura crosses out the days on a calendar, revealing her secret past to her lover.

Director: Michael Rowe | Stars: Mónica Del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Marco Zapata, Diego Chas

Votes: 2,797

6. Vampire's Kiss (1988)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.

Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley

Votes: 20,909 | Gross: $0.73M

7. Agora (2009)

R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 73,056 | Gross: $0.62M

8. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.

Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper, Paddy Considine

Votes: 64,419

9. Ravenous (1999)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies

Votes: 43,245 | Gross: $2.06M

10. Violet & Daisy (2011)

R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.

Director: Geoffrey Fletcher | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini, Danny Trejo

Votes: 13,282 | Gross: $0.02M

11. Angels of Death (2018)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Horror

When Rachel wakes up with no memories in the basement of an unfamiliar building, she runs into Zack, a scythe-carrying serial killer.

Stars: Haruka Chisuga, Meg McClain, Dallas Reid, Derick Snow

Votes: 2,876

12. Crawlspace (1986)

R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller

A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.

Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis

Votes: 3,845

13. Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama

When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.

Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuwano

Votes: 3,993

14. Buffet Froid (1979)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Alphonse lives in an empty building. Empty but for one neighbour, the police captain Morvandieu. When the man who have killed Alphonse's wife appears, the three men will be thrown in a serie of event in a surrealist world.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Denise Gence

Votes: 6,504

15. Noir (2001–2002)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime

Two beautiful female assassins travel the world accepting assignments to kill various culprits, and at the same time, having deadly traps set against them by their own employer.

Stars: Houko Kuwashima, Kotono Mitsuishi, Shelley Calene-Black, Monica Rial

Votes: 2,051

16. Juuni Taisen (2017)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

The 12th Twelve Tournament that gets held every twelve years - Twelve brave warriors who bear the names of the signs of the zodiac fight each other for the lives and souls. The participants... See full summary »

Stars: Ian Sinclair, Mark Stoddard, Caitlin Glass, Jerry Jewell

Votes: 989

17. The Orphan Killer (2011)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror

A boy witnesses his parents' murder and is sent to an orphanage, where his sister is adopted and he is left behind, being abused by using a mask. Years later, he returns to her life, still masked, wanting to teach her a lesson.

Director: Matt Farnsworth | Stars: Diane Foster, David Backus, Matt Farnsworth, Edward Winrow

Votes: 1,772

18. Shadow of Angels (1976)

101 min | Drama

Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Schmid | Stars: Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Annemarie Düringer, Adrian Hoven

Votes: 239

19. The Green (2011)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Williford | Stars: Jason Butler Harner, Cheyenne Jackson, Illeana Douglas, Chris Bert

Votes: 869

20. Condemned to Live (1935)

Approved | 67 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After a series of unsolved murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Ralph Morgan, Pedro de Cordoba, Maxine Doyle, Russell Gleason

Votes: 584

21. Angel (1999–2004)
Episode: Five by Five (2000)

Unrated | 41 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Fed up with Angel meddling in their affairs, Wolfram and Hart hire newly arrived Faith to take him out.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, Julie Benz

Votes: 2,689

22. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode: Never Leave Me (2002)

TV-PG | 40 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Buffy hopes to learn more about what she's up against with the First by taking Spike prisoner; Xander and Anya interrogate Andrew.

Director: David Solomon | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg

Votes: 2,304

23. Oz (1997–2003)
Episode: The Routine (1997)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the 'Emerald City' experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who exist in a pecking order of Gangbangers, Latinos, Muslims, Westies, Aryans and Wiseguys.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker

Votes: 3,074

24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: Sons of Mogh (1996)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Worf's brother Kurn asks him to perform a death rite to regain his lost honor. Meanwhile, Kira and O'Brien investigate Klingon activity near the Bajoran border.

Director: David Livingston | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,008

25. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: One Son (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Everyone prepares in their own way for the alien rebels' bloody endgame after which nothing will ever be the same again. Mulder and Scully try their best to stop the bloodshed and save Spender's mother.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, Chris Owens

Votes: 3,704

26. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Two Fathers (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The alien rebels return to kill abductees including Scully and Cassandra Spender. With the Syndicate in shambles, the Cigarette Smoking Man reveals the truth to Agent Spender hoping that he will continue his work.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, Chris Owens

Votes: 3,608

27. Lupin the 3rd (1977–1980)
Episode: Futatsu no kao no Rupan (1978)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Arsène Lupin III appears to be undergoing a Jekyll-Hyde crisis - he alternates between a shrewd but kind character and a cruel vicious character. Will he manage to control himself?

Director: Kyôsuke Mikuriya | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue

Votes: 57

28. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Born Under a Bad Sign (2007)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam contacts Dean after being missing for a week. When they reunite, Dean finds Sam covered in blood and with no recollection of what happened.

Director: J. Miller Tobin | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Alona Tal

Votes: 6,142

29. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Heart (2007)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean investigate a brutal death and discover that the killer is a lycanthrope: a werewolf.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Emmanuelle Vaugier, David Quinlan

Votes: 6,917

30. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Loose Ends, Part 2 (2007)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

With Cowan's bosses now tracking him, Michael must protect his family and rescue Sam all before his own capture if he doesn't move fast enough.

Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 704

31. Dead Silent (2016–2021)
Episode: His Blue Light (2021)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

In the mid-to-late 1990s, a sexual predator police dub "The Blue Light Rapist" goes on a serial attack spree across Arkansas. As authorities scramble to stop him in his tracks, he sets his sights on seventeen-year-old Shannon Woods.

Director: Jacob Vaughan | Stars: Kelsey Rose Healey, Andy Gion, Shayna Benardo, Tom Clark

Votes: 15

32. The Lost Room (2006)
Episode: The Eye and the Prime Object (2006)

TV-G | 84 min | Action, Fantasy, Mystery

Joe struggles to find the Prime Object and get Anna back.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher

Votes: 611

33. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Lesser Evil (2009)

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

Michael captures the rogue agent responsible for trying to bomb him, but he decides to form an alliance with him and together go after Carla and her boss. But that decision also puts Michael's mother in jeopardy.

Director: Tim Matheson | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 743

34. Shogun (1980)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (1980)

TV-14 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Anjin-san's assimilation of Japanese ways is evident in his exemplary conduct. Toranaga decides to return the Erasmus to Anjin-san. Mariko tells Father Alvito of a plot to murder a Christian lord on the Council of Regents.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai

Votes: 251

35. The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–2021)
Episode: The Last Light (2021)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The remaining members of the group fight back enemies, both living and dead, on their quest to save the future.

Director: Loren Yaconelli | Stars: Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Hal Cumpston, Nicolas Cantu

Votes: 932

36. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: Brain Invaders (2009)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ahsoka, Barris and Tango Company board a supply ship to a station near Ord Cestus. But one of the troopers has been infected by a Geonosian brain worm and has taken along a nest full of worm eggs to submit the others.

Director: Steward Lee | Stars: Ashley Eckstein, Meredith Salenger, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor

Votes: 3,702

37. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Where There's Smoke (2010)

TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Michael and Jesse's plans to steal a safe deposit box are interrupted when Fi and a businessman's wife are kidnapped while Fi and Sam prepare to work security for a party.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 467

38. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Santabarbaratown 2 (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Nothing will stop Shawn from going after the ex-cop who shot his father. Karen Vick gives Shawn the go-ahead to proceed on his own. Chelsea visits Henry in the hospital and since he has a tube down his throat, he has to listen to her.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 1,096

39. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode: Felina (2013)

TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Walter White returns to Albuquerque one last time to secure his family's future and settle old scores.

Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris

Votes: 139,232

40. Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2012)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A former boyfriend who was jailed for the murder of his teenaged girlfriend is released from jail and has to face himself and his former detective father. New revelations, however, shed ... See full summary »

Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Keisuke Koide, Hideo Ishiguro

41. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: Bad Code (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Carter and Mr. Reese go to Texas to look into Root's past. Root shows to Finch that the people who bought his Machine are evil. Mr. Reese finally finds Finch.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 3,554

42. Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode: Mazey Day (2023)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A troubled starlet is dogged by invasive paparazzi while dealing with the consequences of a hit-and-run incident.

Director: Uta Briesewitz | Stars: Zazie Beetz, Clara Rugaard, Danny Ramirez, Robbie Tann

Votes: 25,526

43. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Brother in Arms (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In order to help Michael free a prisoner trapped in Cuba by the Russians, Fiona and Maddie must frame a corrupt bureaucrat.

Director: Dennie Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 383

44. Crisis (2014)
Episode: Best Laid Plans (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Tensions rise as the court case looms for Meg Fitch. Meanwhile, Finley enters the mansion as part of a planned exchange of hostages. Gibson commences a part of his plan that will reveal the truth about the soldier program.

Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Rachael Taylor, Lance Gross, James Lafferty

Votes: 229

45. How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020)
Episode: Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me (2014)

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

The flash forward finally syncs with the present, and the events that transpired on the night of Sam's death are revealed, which has severe consequences for all involved.

Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Alfred Enoch, Jack Falahee

Votes: 3,725

46. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode: The Akeda (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Unforeseen sacrifices must be made and loyalties are put to the ultimate test in the fight against evil.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter

Votes: 666

47. Outlander (2014– )
Episode: The Hail Mary (2016)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

As Jamie puts all of his efforts into turning the Jacobite army away from the impending slaughter at Culloden Moor, Claire attempts to comfort the sick Alex Randall. She is stunned when ... See full summary »

Director: Philip John | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Duncan Lacroix

Votes: 3,132

48. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: The Hunt (2015)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Raylan takes a break from the case to take a visit from Winona and their daughter, Boyd takes Ava to his cabin to confront her about her loyalty, and Ty is on the run without any help after the shootout with the marshals.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter

Votes: 1,289

49. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mulder questions his faith in the unexplained. He attempts to gather proof of the existence of the new creature he and Scully investigate before jumping to conclusions.

Director: Darin Morgan | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Rhys Darby, Kumail Nanjiani

Votes: 9,164

50. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Form and Void (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Jenna winds up in a dangerous situation and calls Dean for help, leaving Sam to deal with monsters on his own.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard

Votes: 3,652