Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "shot-in-the-back-of-one's-head"

1. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get him.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu

Votes: 325,790 | Gross: $22.50M

2. Dragged Across Concrete (2018)

R | 159 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Once two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.

Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White

Votes: 55,311

3. Kill the Irishman (2011)

R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer

Votes: 51,373 | Gross: $1.19M

4. The Brave One (2007)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt

Votes: 63,516 | Gross: $36.79M

5. Killing Season (2013)

R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, find their unlikely friendship tested when one of them reveals their true intentions.

Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Milo Ventimiglia, Liz Olin

Votes: 38,871 | Gross: $0.03M

6. Blood Work (2002)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Still recovering from a heart transplant, retired F.B.I. profiler Terry McCaleb returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus

Votes: 47,784 | Gross: $26.20M

7. Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama

Police Chief Jesse Stone's suspended in Paradise. He helps a friend as "temp" with a serial killer in Boston. He gets his first cellphone to avoid calls from his ex. Paradise PD's way over its head with a convenience store robbery/murder.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen McHattie

Votes: 4,344

8. The Boxer (1997)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Young Danny Flynn is released from prison 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan

Votes: 22,335 | Gross: $5.80M

9. The Day (I) (2011)

R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Horror

A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack.

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Brianna Barnes, Ashley Bell, Brayden Edwards

Votes: 13,314 | Gross: $0.02M

10. Doghouse (2009)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.

Director: Jake West | Stars: Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Emil Marwa, Lee Ingleby

Votes: 22,861

11. Kings (2017)

R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The life of a foster family in South Central Los Angeles, a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial.

Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven | Stars: Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson, Kaalan Walker

Votes: 3,842 | Gross: $0.27M

12. XX: Utsukushiki karyuudo (1994 Video)

85 min | Action

Shion is the most merciless assassin of the Magnificat crime group. However, when her hand and heart hesitate to murder the man she loves, her superior marks her for death. Torn from the ... See full summary »

Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Makiko Kuno, Johnny Ohkura, Katsuo Tokashi, Maiko Kazama

Votes: 230

13. JFK: What the Doctors Saw (2023)

92 min | Documentary, History

Startling medical observations about JFK's wounds when seven doctors who were in the Parkland Hospital ER reunite to discuss a day none of them can forget.

Director: Barbara Shearer | Stars: Ronald C. Jones, Lawrence E. Klein, Joe D. Goldstrich, Kenneth Salyer

Votes: 562

14. Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

139 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.

Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Wen Jiang, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa

Votes: 8,622 | Gross: $0.02M

15. Stalin (1992 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 172 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond, Maximilian Schell, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 2,784

16. Baazi (1995)

183 min | Action, Thriller, Crime

A tough and honest police officer wages a one-man war against terrorists and a corrupt politician who have planned to assassinate the chief minister of the state.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Paresh Rawal, Avtar Gill

Votes: 2,571

17. Wanted (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Radhe is a ruthless gangster who will kill anyone for money. He is attracted towards Jhanvi, a middle class girl, who does not approve of his work and wants him to change.

Director: Prabhu Deva | Stars: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Prakash Raj, Vinod Khanna

Votes: 25,984

18. Pokiri (2006)

Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A money-minded criminal has to deal with two rival gangs as well as an evil cop threatening his girlfriend.

Director: Puri Jagannadh | Stars: Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Nassar

Votes: 15,599

19. A Better Place (1997)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.

Director: Vincent Pereira | Stars: Eion Bailey, Robert DiPatri, Joseph Cassese, Carmen Llywelyn

Votes: 1,055

20. The City and the Dogs (1985)

Unrated | 135 min | Drama

Four angry cadets form an inner circle to beat the system, boredom and the stifling confinement of the military academy, sparking a chain of events that begins with a robbery and leads to murder.

Director: Francisco J. Lombardi | Stars: Pablo Serra, Gustavo Bueno, Luis Álvarez, Juan Manuel Ochoa

Votes: 716

21. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2004)

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

Jack has to comply with another one of Saunders' demands: the death of Regional Director Ryan Chappelle. Michelle discovers that one of the infected hotel patrons got out before the quarantine was enforced.

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,669

22. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 5: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (2006)

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

As Jack tracks Henderson, CTU discovers that terrorists are planning to release nerve gas in a hospital while drama continues within the Presidency.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Raver, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard

Votes: 1,254

23. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: Above the Law (1998)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The investigation into the rape and murder of 23-year old Robin Bishop on a Californian highway in January 1982. Highway patrolman George Michael Gwaltney is the prime suspect, but the ... See full summary »

Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Lucy Longhurst, Frank Archino, Don Bartlett, Ken Bell

Votes: 67

24. FBI: The Untold Stories (1991–1993)
Episode: Killer Patrol (1992)

Documentary, Crime

The case of 23-year old Robin Bishop who was raped and murdered on a Californian highway in January 1982.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe, Craig Anderson | Stars: Pernell Roberts, Nicholas Mele, Lee Arenberg, Peter Fox

25. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: Unlawful Flight (2001)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Deputy Leland Chandler of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Dept. transported three prisoners to a court hearing in Fort Payne, Alabama; the prisoners were shackled only at the ankles. Their ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Susan Rae, Bently Anderson

Votes: 34

26. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Senseless (2007)

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

Logan and Falacci are frustrated in their attempts to find suspects in the apparent gang shooting of three college students with no gang affiliations.

Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Chris Noth, Alicia Witt, Eric Bogosian, Jesse Garcia

Votes: 314

27. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Lo-Fi (2008)

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

People who apparently have nothing in common are being shot randomly in New York City and the team must determine whether it is the work of a single shooter or a team.

Director: Glenn Kershaw | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,931

28. Power, Privilege & Justice (2002– )
Episode: Billionaire on the Run (2009)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Robert Durst goes on trial for the murder and dismemberment of Morris Black, and suspicions arise about his possible involvement in the deaths of his wife, Kathleen McCormack, and his friend, Susan Berman.

Directors: David Cargill, Scott Corburn, Brian Coughlin, Scott A. Friedland, Patrick Taulère | Stars: Dominick Dunne, Len Cariou, Bobbi Bacha, Joe Becerra

Votes: 8

29. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: All In (2009)

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

Langston investigates a homicide which is connected to the discovery of rare valuable chips from a legendary casino from the 1980s.

Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 662

30. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Dignity (2009)

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

A late-term abortion doctor is killed, which leads to the emotionally-charged trial of a pro-life advocate, and threatens to drive a wedge between Cutter and Rubirosa.

Director: Jim McKay | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache

Votes: 302

31. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: Veterans (2010)

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

Raylan learns that his dad's life is in danger because he ran Bo Crowder's business while Bo was in prison and ran it into the ground. Raylan turns to an unlikely source to pin a meth lab killing on Boyd Crowder.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 1,791

32. No Ordinary Family (2010–2011)
Episode: Pilot (2010)

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

Following a horrifying experience in Brazil, each of the four members of the Powell family develop individual, extraordinary superpowers.

Director: David Semel | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz, Christina Chang, Kay Panabaker

Votes: 305

33. Dangerous Knowledge (1976– )
Episode: A Deadly Policy (1976)

Thriller

Roger Fane complements Laura Marshall, his step-daughter, on the way she kept tabs on Bill Kirby after he left the Channel Ferry and asks her to maintain contact. He explains that he fears ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: John Gregson, Patrick Allen, Prunella Ransome, Ruth Trouncer

Votes: 5

34. Jack Taylor (2010)
Episode: The Magdalen Martyrs (2010)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Galway private investigator Jack Taylor is hired to track down a former nun known only as Lucifer, who took pleasure in torturing girls at Magdalene Laundries.

Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Nate Reynolds, Ger Carey, Killian Scott, Iain Glen

Votes: 1,056

35. Dead Man's Walk (1996)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1996)

TV-14 | 90 min | Western

After surrendering to the Mexican army, the expedition's captors march them across 500 miles of desert to New Mexico.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Joaquim de Almeida

Votes: 74

36. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: Blue Code (2012)

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

Reese discovers there's more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 3,406

37. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode: Granite State (2013)

TV-14 | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Walt struggles as he adapts to aspects of his new identity. Jesse plans an escape against Jack and his crew.

Director: Peter Gould | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris

Votes: 53,517

38. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Blue Bell Boy (2012)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama

After tracking down a liquor thief, Nucky and Owen end up spending a long night hiding out from the Feds with the precocious perp. Mickey makes a routing call that will have far-reaching consequences. Capone's feud with O'Banion heats up.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,999

39. Vegas (2012–2013)
Episode: Bad Seeds (2012)

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

When the bodies of the two missing Milwaukee mobsters surface and the hitman returns to town, sheriff Lamb puts Vincent under his own protective custody.

Director: Jeff T. Thomas | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Jones

Votes: 116

40. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Kingmaker (No. 42) (2014)

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

After a politician in Prague is framed for a murder, Red suspects it's the work of The Kingmaker - a strategist behind the rise of some of the world's most powerful politicians. While Red ... See full summary »

Director: Karen Gaviola | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 2,380

41. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: Elise (2015)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.

Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Michael Kitchen, Ellie Haddington, Jesse Fox, Colin Connor

Votes: 590

42. Preacher (2016–2019)
Episode: Sundowner (2016)

TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jesse comes face-to-face with Deblanc and Fiore, then learns more about the entity that resides in his body.

Director: Guillermo Navarro | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Joe Gilgun, Ruth Negga, Lucy Griffiths

Votes: 2,855

43. American Crime Story (2016– )
Episode: A Random Killing (2018)

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

Chicago real estate tycoon Lee Miglin is murdered in what police describe as a random killing.

Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Stars: Darren Criss, Judith Light, Mike Farrell, Alex Fernandez

Votes: 2,542

44. Arrow (2012–2020)
Episode: Divided (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Oliver discovers one of Cayden's secrets; he decides to team up with an unlikely ally to defeat him; Dinah spends time with Vince.

Director: James Bamford | Stars: Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards

Votes: 2,228