Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "citizen's-arrest"

1. Good Boys (2019)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy

6.7

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Three 6th-grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party.

Director: Gene Stupnitsky | Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon

Votes: 82,007 | Gross: $83.14M

2. Spenser Confidential (2020)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

6.2

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49 Metascore

When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate Hawk to take down criminals.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

Votes: 98,008

3. The 'Burbs (1989)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

6.8

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45 Metascore

An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman

Votes: 83,731 | Gross: $36.60M

4. Ride Along (2014)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

6.1

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41 Metascore

Security guard Ben must prove himself to his girlfriend's brother, top police officer James. He rides along James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter, John Leguizamo

Votes: 122,998 | Gross: $134.94M

5. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime

5.0

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26 Metascore

The misfit Police Academy (1984) graduates now are assigned to train a group of civilian volunteers to fight crime once again plaguing the streets.

Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf

Votes: 45,853 | Gross: $28.06M

6. The Watch (I) (2012)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

5.7

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36 Metascore

Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

Director: Akiva Schaffer | Stars: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Billy Crudup

Votes: 133,134 | Gross: $35.35M

7. Observe and Report (2009)

R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

5.8

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54 Metascore

Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.

Director: Jody Hill | Stars: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña

Votes: 65,368 | Gross: $23.99M

8. Black Friday (III) (2021)

84 min | Comedy, Horror

4.7

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52 Metascore

A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.

Director: Casey Tebo | Stars: Devon Sawa, Ivana Baquero, Ryan Lee, Stephen Peck

Votes: 8,105

9. Meet the Applegates (1990)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

5.4

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Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Bobby Jacoby

Votes: 2,624 | Gross: $0.49M

10. The Survivors (1983)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

5.8

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Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright

Votes: 5,746 | Gross: $14.00M

11. Alley Cat (1984)

R | 82 min | Action

5.3

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A martial artist stops a street gang from stealing her car, but her grandmother ends up being killed by the same gang. She witnesses firsthand how corrupt and inept law enforcement is, and decides to take matters into her own hands.

Directors: Victor M. Ordonez, Ed Palmos, Al Valletta | Stars: Karin Mani, Robert Torti, Britt Helfer, Michael Wayne

Votes: 1,058

12. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

R | 127 min | Documentary, Crime, History

7.4

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61 Metascore

An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, William Black, Jimmy Carter, Elijah Cummings

Votes: 43,893 | Gross: $14.36M

13. Remember the Night (1939)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.6

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78 Metascore

Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson

Votes: 7,202 | Gross: $0.17M

14. Laboratory Greece (2019)

165 min | Documentary

9.0

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A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.

Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos

Votes: 32

15. Hollyweird (1998 TV Movie)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

5.0

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Unsold TV pilot about three young ambitious true crime documentary filmmakers (an Ohio couple and their L.A. friend) recording their amateur sleuth attempts to solve grisly murders in Hollywood for their rising TV show 'Hollyweird.'

Director: Jefery Levy | Stars: Fab Filippo, Melissa George, Bodhi Elfman, Ivar Brogger

Votes: 52

16. The Girl and Her Trust (1912)

17 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

6.8

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Some tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy Bernard, Wilfred Lucas, Alfred Paget, Charles Hill Mailes

Votes: 1,299

17. The Mayberry Effect (2021)

90 min | Documentary

7.2

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Since 1960, The Andy Griffith Show's popularity has created fans of all ages, helped transition Mt. Airy, NC into a Mayberry Mecca, and has influenced many to become tribute artists of their favorite Mayberrian characters.

Director: Chris Hudson | Stars: David Browning, Betty Lynn, Allan Newsome, Kenneth Junkin

Votes: 49

18. The Wild North (1955)

100 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

5.3

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Western spoof set in the "Wild North", the Finnish Lapland. A young woman whose gold-digger father was killed two years earlier thinks the killer was Tundra-Tauno. She goes after him but ... See full summary »

Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Tapio Rautavaara, Elina Pohjanpää, Matti Oravisto, Aino-Maija Tikkanen

Votes: 142

19. I Arrested the District Attorney (2010 Video)

10 min | Short, Reality-TV

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20. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Christmas Story (1960)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

9.2

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Crotchety old businessman Ben Weaver wants moonshiner Sam Muggins locked up for Christmas but, after seeing the holiday spirit in Andy's jail, he tries to be arrested himself.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 780

21. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: The Hero (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

8.5

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Chano deals with psychological trauma after killing two bank robbers. Liz makes a citizen's arrest of her assailant -- an eight-year-old boy.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail

Votes: 193

22. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: Blind Injustice (2002)

TV-PG | Comedy

7.5

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Jake feels further handicapped by his blindness when he inadvertently allows a crook to rob the diner. He feels vindicated later when he thinks he has found the crook.

Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Hattie Winston, Alex Désert

Votes: 85

23. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Samantha's Secret Saucer (1968)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

8.4

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While trying to retrieve Tabitha's toy flying saucer, Aunt Clara summons a real flying saucer complete with alien crew.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy

Votes: 308

24. King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode: Jumpin' Crack Bass (1997)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

8.0

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In an effort to catch more fish than his friends, Hank decides to buy special "bait" from a street vendor. He soon finds himself in trouble with the law.

Directors: Gary McCarver, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 605

25. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Sins of Commission (2004)

TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.5

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When Midsomer hosts its 12th Annual Literary Festival, an author is found with his neck broken. More writers will die before the winner of the competition is announced.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 900

26. Supergirl (2015–2021)
Episode: Crime and Punishment (2019)

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

7.5

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Kara and Lena head to Stryker's Island to find clues that may help defeat Lex; Kelly encourages James to confide in someone about his PTSD; Alex faces off against Ben Lockwood when he takes powerful weapons from the DEO to hunt Supergirl.

Director: Antonio Negret | Stars: Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath

Votes: 1,225

27. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker (2011)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

7.0

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In mid-1980s California, Richard Ramírez, dubbed by the press as The Night Stalker, exhibited a viciousness that made him one of history's most savage serial murderers.

Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Jaime Burgoin, Julio Burgoin, Gil Carrillo

Votes: 27